blend

Everyday

1. To blend is to mix two or more things together so they become one. tree →
2. A blend is a mixture of different things. tree →
3. To blend in is to look or sound like the things around you so you are not noticed. tree →
4. In phonics, a blend is two or three letters said together quickly, like «bl», «st» or «str». tree →

In the lessons

In reading lessons, children blend sounds together to read words: c-a-t, «cat»; consonant blends are like «fr» and «sp». In cooking and science, blending mixes ingredients and makes mixtures. In art, you blend colours or pencil shading so there is no hard line. In nature, camouflage helps animals blend in. Phrases: «blend in», «blend together», «a blend of».

Examples

• Blend the sounds to read the word: s-u-n, sun. tree →
• Blend the bananas and milk to make a smoothie. tree →
• The chameleon blends in with the leaves. tree →
• Blend the blue and yellow paint to make green. tree →
• «Bl» in «black» is a blend. tree →
• This tea is a blend of three kinds of leaves. tree →
• The new girl soon blended in with the class. tree →
• Use your finger to blend the chalk colours. tree →
• And so they sang together, but their voices did not blend, for the real Nightingale sang in her way and the clockwork bird sang waltzes. tree →

Note

Past form: blended. A «blender» is the kitchen machine. In phonics, a blend (each sound is heard, like «st») is different from a digraph (two letters make one sound, like «sh» or «th»).

In Jewish tradition

In reading lessons, children blend sounds together to read words: c-a-t, «cat»; consonant blends are like «fr» and «sp». In cooking and science, blending mixes ingredients and makes mixtures. In art, you blend colours or pencil shading so there is no hard line. In nature, camouflage helps animals blend in. Phrases: «blend in», «blend together», «a blend of».

Examples

• Now, he knew that his version of the Sefer Yetzirah contained many mistakes, that ignorant people had blended the original and an early commen- tary"), and consequently the original text did not exist. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Past form: blended. A «blender» is the kitchen machine. In phonics, a blend (each sound is heard, like «st») is different from a digraph (two letters make one sound, like «sh» or «th»).