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BLENDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of blending components together thoroughly
Synonyms:
blend; blending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("blending" is a kind of...):
combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blending"):
confluence; conflux; merging (a flowing together)
homogenisation; homogenization (the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
Synonyms:
blending; shading
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("blending" is a kind of...):
gradation; graduation (the act of arranging in grades)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb blend
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