blend up
B1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To put food in a blender and mix it until it's smooth.
Literal meaning: To blend (mix) something up to a smooth consistency.
Meanings
1 B1 informal
To put ingredients in a blender and mix them until completely smooth.
"She blended up the banana, oat milk, and peanut butter into a thick smoothie."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Informal alternative to 'blend' or 'blitz.' Used in everyday cooking conversation and informal recipe instructions. Common in British informal speech. The particle 'up' adds a sense of completeness — blending until fully smooth. Not used in formal culinary writing, where 'blend' or 'process' is preferred.
Commonly used with
smoothie soup ingredients fruit vegetables sauce
Forms
Base
blend up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
blends up
he/she/it
Past simple
blended up
yesterday
Past participle
blended up
have + pp
-ing form
blending up
continuous
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