simple past tense and past participle of bless

To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify. / To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify. / To invoke divine favor upon. / To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.

(UK, Canada, informal) Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.

Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward. / A pronouncement invoking divine aid. / Good fortune. / (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony. / The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.

present participle of bless

The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound. / (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain.

Short for (may) God bless you: said as a short prayer for the recipient. / (idiomatic) Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.

A mixture of two or more things. / (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.

(transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. / (intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.