blend in

phrasal verb

blended in; blending in; blends in

1

: to look like things nearby

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

2

: to look like one belongs with a particular group

She tried to blend in by dressing like the other girls.

—often + with

I've always found it difficult to blend in with my peers.

3

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

Mix the first three ingredients together, then blend in the cream.

Blend the white paint in last.

Examples of blend in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This may be partly due to a desire to blend in: Swaths of celebrities, including Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner, as well as Justin and Hailey Bieber, mingled in the crowd with regular festival guests. —Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025

Trentino-Alto Adige takes Tucci into new territory: skiing down Alpine slopes, fly fishing glacial rivers, and eating slope-side polenta in a region where Italian and German identities blend in the kitchen. —Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

Despite its unassuming, if stately, exterior—which blends in with the other residential buildings along 16th Street—the interiors are decidedly more majestic. —Laura Dannen Redman, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025

Photos show these brown insects, which blend in with the surrounding sand. —Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for blend in

• tendon