blend

/ˈblend/

Middle English blenden, blinden "to mix, blend, intersperse, have dealings (with)," probably borrowed from an Old Norse predecessor of Old Icelandic blend (1st singular), blendr (3rd singular), present tense forms of blanda "to mix in, blend," going back to Germanic *blanda- "to mix, mingle," probably originally "to make murky or obscure" (whence also Old English blandan, blondan, geblandan "to mix, blend," Old Saxon giblandan "blended, mingled," Middle Dutch blanden "to mix," Old High German blantan "to produce, bring about" [Middle High German blanden "to make turbid, mix, bring about"], Gothic sik blandan "to associate with"), o-grade causative from a dialectal Indo-European base *b{sup}h{/sup}lend{sup}h{/sup}- "become murky or cloudy, see poorly" whence also Old Church Slavic blędǫ, blęsti "to chatter, talk nonsense," blǫždǫ, blǫditi "to wander," Polish błąd "error," Lithuanian bleñdžiasi, blę͂stis "to become dark," blandùs "impure, murky, dark"

verb

  1. mix; especially : to combine or associate so that the separate constituents or the line of demarcation cannot be distinguished

  2. to prepare by thoroughly intermingling different varieties or grades

  3. to mingle intimately or unobtrusively

mix mingle commingle blend merge coalesce amalgamate fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity. mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active.

noun

  1. something produced by blending: such as

  2. a product prepared by blending

  3. a word (such as brunch) produced by combining other words or parts of words

phrasal verb

  1. to look like things nearby

  2. to look like one belongs with a particular group —often + with

  3. to add (something) to a mixture or substance and mix it thoroughly

The fish settles on the sandy ocean bottom where it blends in perfectly.