English

Proper noun

Bland

1. A surname​.

English

Verb

bland ‎(third-person singular simple present blands, present participle blanding, simple past and past participle blanded)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mix; blend; mingle.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To connect; associate.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bland, from Old English bland, blond ‎(“blending, mixture, confusion”), from Proto-Germanic *blandą ‎(“a mixing, mixture”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- ‎(“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda ‎(“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”).

Alternative forms

• blaind, blaund (Scotland)

Noun

bland ‎(plural blands)

1. (Britain dialectal) Mixture; union.
2. A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.

Derived terms

• in bland

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Latin blandus ‎(“pleasant, flattering”).

Adjective

bland ‎(comparative blander, superlative blandest)

1. (now rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
   • 1818, John Keats, Sonnet:

     Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?

   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IX”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

2. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.

   a bland oil;  a bland diet‎

3. Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.

   The coffee was bland.  The judge found the defense's case to be bland.‎

Translations

References

• bland in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Danish

Verb

bland

1. imperative of blande

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

bland n

1. mix

Declension

Derived terms

• bland í poka

Related terms

• blanda

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bland

1. imperative of blande

Swedish

Pronunciation

Preposition

bland

1. among