Meaning

2 senses

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To mix; blend; mingle.

  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To connect; associate.

Examples

27 sentences

  1. Some food is pretty bland without salt.

    deManche Gerichte schmecken ziemlich fade ohne Salz. — Manfredo

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  2. This tastes a little bit bland to me.

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  3. This soup is a bit bland. I think you should add a little more salt.

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  4. This is bland.

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  5. It's a little bland.

    ruПресновато. — marafon

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Origin

From Middle English blanden, blonden, from Old English blandan (“to blend, mix, mingle; tr

From Middle English blanden, blonden, from Old English blandan (“to blend, mix, mingle; trouble, disturb, corrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to mix, blend”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda, Norwegian, Danish blande, Swedish blanda. See also blend.

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Forms

blands, blanding, blanded, blanded
Base formbland · to bland
3rd person singularblands
Present participleblanding
Past simpleblanded
Past participleblanded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybland
he, she, itblands

Past simpleLesson

all personsblanded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blanded
he, she, ithas blanded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bland

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blameA2blamelessblancblanchblankA1blanketA2
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