to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
2.
to put together indiscriminately or confusedly (often fol. by up).
3.
to combine, unite, or join: to mix business and pleasure.
4.
to add as an element or ingredient: Mix some salt into the flour.
5.
to form or make by combining ingredients: to mix a cake; to mix mortar.
6.
to crossbreed.
7.
Movies.
a.
to combine, blend, edit, etc. (the various components of a soundtrack): to mix dialogue and sound effects.
b.
to complete the mixing process on (a film, soundtrack, etc.): an important movie that took months to mix.
8.
to combine (two or more separate recordings or microphone signals) to make a single recording or composite signal.
–verb (used without object)
9.
to become mixed: a paint that mixes easily with water.
10.
to associate or mingle, as in company: to mix with the other guests at a party.
11.
to be crossbred, or of mixed breeding.
12.
Boxing. to exchange blows vigorously and aggressively: The crowd jeered as the fighters clinched, refusing to mix.
–noun
13.
an act or instance of mixing.
14.
the result of mixing; mixture: cement mix; an odd mix of gaiety and sadness.
15.
a commercially prepared blend of ingredients to which usually only a liquid must be added to make up the total of ingredients necessary or obtain the desired consistency: a cake mix; muffin mix.
—Synonyms 1, 9. commingle, jumble, unite, amalgamate, fuse. Mix,blend,combine,mingle concern the bringing of two or more things into more or less intimate association. Mix is the general word for such association: to mix fruit juices. Blend implies such a harmonious joining of two or more types of colors, feelings, etc., that the new product formed displays some of the qualities of each: to blend fragrances or whiskeys. Combine implies such a close or intimate union that distinction between the parts is lost: to combine forces. Mingle usually suggests retained identity of the parts: to mingle voices. 9. coalesce. 14. concoction; formula.
To create or form by combining ingredients: mix a drink; mix cement.
To add (an ingredient or element) to another: mix an egg into batter.
To combine (two or more audio tracks or channels) to produce a composite audio recording.
To produce (a soundtrack or recording) in this manner.
To combine or join: mix joy with sorrow.
To bring into social contact: mix boys and girls in the classroom.
To produce (an organism) by crossbreeding.
Electronics
To combine (two or more audio tracks or channels) to produce a composite audio recording.
To produce (a soundtrack or recording) in this manner.
v.
intr.
To become mixed or blended together.
To be capable of being blended together: Oil does not mix with water.
To associate socially or get along with others: He does not mix well at parties.
To mate so as to produce a hybrid; crossbreed.
To become involved: In the case of a family argument, a friend should not mix in.
n.
An act of mixing.
A mixture, especially of ingredients packaged and sold commercially: a cake mix.
A blend of diverse elements; an amalgamation: "a mix of mean streets and the grandest boulevards—no other place in Paris is as eclectic and eccentric . . . as the 17th"(Jean Rafferty).
Electronics A recording that is produced by combining and adjusting two or more audio tracks or channels.
To confuse; confound: His explanation just mixed me up more. I always mix up the twins.
To involve or implicate: He got himself mixed up with the wrong people.
Phrasal Verb(s): mix down Electronics
To combine all of the audio components of a recording into a final soundtrack or mix.
mix up
To confuse; confound: His explanation just mixed me up more. I always mix up the twins.
To involve or implicate: He got himself mixed up with the wrong people.
Idiom(s):
mix it up Slang
To fight.
[Back-formation from Middle English mixt, mixed, mixed, from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.]
mix'a·ble adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to put into or come together in one mass so that constituent parts or elements are diffused or commingled. Mix is the least specific: The cook mixed eggs, flour, and sugar. Greed and charity don't mix.
To blend is to mix intimately and harmoniously so that the components lose their original definition: The clerk blended mocha and java coffee beans. Snow-covered mountains blended into the clouds. Mingle implies combination without loss of individual characteristics: "Respect was mingled with surprise" (Sir Walter Scott). "His companions mingled freely and joyously with the natives" (Washington Irving).
Merge and amalgamate imply resultant homogeneity: Tradition and innovation are merged in this new composition. Twilight merged into night."The four sentences of the original are amalgamated into two" (William Minto).
Coalesce implies a slow merging: Indigenous peoples and conquerors coalesced into the present-day population. Fuse emphasizes an enduring union, as that formed by heating metals: "He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity, that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge).
1538, back-formation from M.E. myxte (c.1480), from Anglo-Fr. mixte, from L. mixtus, pp. of miscere "to mix," from PIE *meik- "to mix" (cf. Skt. misrah "mixed," Gk. misgein "to mix, mingle," O.C.S. meso, mesiti "to mix," Rus. meshat, Lith. maisau "to mix, mingle," Welsh mysgu). Also borrowed in O.E. as miscian. The noun is attested from c.1586. Mixer "troublemaker" is from 1938; in sense of "social gathering to mingle and get acquainted" it dates from 1916. Mixture is attested from c.1460, from L. mixtura, from mixtus. Slang mixologist "bartender" is from 1856. Mixed marriage is from 1698. Mixed bag "heterogeneous collection" is from 1936. Mixed up "confused" is from 1862; mix-up "confusion" first recorded 1898.
to put or blend together to form one mass Example: She mixed the butter and sugar together; He mixed the blue paint with the yellow paint to make green paint.
Arabic:
يَمْزِج
Chinese (Simplified):
混合
Chinese (Traditional):
混合
Czech:
(s)míchat
Danish:
blande
Dutch:
mengen
Estonian:
segama
Finnish:
sekoittaa
French:
mélanger
German:
mischen
Greek:
ανακατεύω, αναμειγνύω
Hungarian:
(össze)kever
Icelandic:
blanda
Indonesian:
mencampur
Italian:
mescolare, mischiare
Japanese:
混ぜる
Korean:
섞다, 혼합하다
Latvian:
jaukt
Lithuanian:
(su)maišyti
Norwegian:
blande
Polish:
zmieszać
Portuguese (Brazil):
misturar
Portuguese (Portugal):
misturar
Romanian:
a amesteca; a combina
Russian:
смешивать
Slovak:
(z)miešať
Slovenian:
zmešati
Spanish:
mezclar
Swedish:
blanda
Turkish:
karıştırmak
mix2[miks]verb
to prepare or make by doing this Example: She mixed the cement in a bucket.
Arabic:
يَخلُط
Chinese (Simplified):
搀和
Chinese (Traditional):
攙和
Czech:
namíchat
Danish:
blande; tilberede; mikse
Dutch:
mengen
Estonian:
segama
Finnish:
sekoittaa
French:
préparer
German:
anrühren
Greek:
ανακατεύω
Hungarian:
összekever
Icelandic:
blanda, laga
Indonesian:
mencampur
Italian:
impastare
Japanese:
混ぜ合わせる
Korean:
섞어 만들다
Latvian:
pagatavot iejaucot
Lithuanian:
užmaišyti
Norwegian:
blande sammen, mikse
Polish:
wymieszać
Portuguese (Brazil):
misturar
Portuguese (Portugal):
misturar
Romanian:
a pregăti
Russian:
замешивать
Slovak:
namiešať
Slovenian:
pripraviti
Spanish:
mezclar
Swedish:
blanda till
Turkish:
karıştırarak hazırlamak
mix3[miks]verb
to go together or blend successfully to form one mass Example: Oil and water don't mix.
Arabic:
يَمْتَزِج
Chinese (Simplified):
溶合
Chinese (Traditional):
溶合
Czech:
mísit
Danish:
passe sammen
Dutch:
zich vermengen
Estonian:
segunema
Finnish:
sekoittua
French:
se mélanger
German:
sich mischen lassen
Greek:
αναμειγνύομαι, συνδυάζομαι
Hungarian:
keveredik
Icelandic:
blandast
Indonesian:
bercampur
Italian:
mescolarsi
Japanese:
混ざり合う
Korean:
섞이다
Latvian:
sajaukties
Lithuanian:
maišytis
Norwegian:
blande seg
Polish:
łączyć, *mieszać się
Portuguese (Brazil):
misturar-se
Portuguese (Portugal):
misturar
Romanian:
a amesteca
Russian:
смешиваться
Slovak:
zmiešať
Slovenian:
mešati (se)
Spanish:
mezclar, amasar
Swedish:
blanda sig
Turkish:
karışmak
mix4[miks]verb
to go together socially Example: People of different races were mixing together happily.
Arabic:
يَمْتَزِج، يَخْتَلِط
Chinese (Simplified):
结合
Chinese (Traditional):
交往
Czech:
stýkat se
Danish:
komme sammen
Dutch:
met elkaar omgaan
Estonian:
seltsima
Finnish:
seurustella
French:
se mêler
German:
sich mischen
Greek:
αναμειγνύομαι, συναναστρέφομαι
Hungarian:
barátkozik
Icelandic:
samlagast
Indonesian:
bergaul
Italian:
familiarizzare, mescolarsi
Japanese:
交わる
Korean:
사귀다, 교제하다
Latvian:
saprasties
Lithuanian:
bendrauti, sugyventi
Norwegian:
komme sammen, omgås
Polish:
obcować, współżyć
Portuguese (Brazil):
misturar-se
Portuguese (Portugal):
misturar-se
Romanian:
a avea relaţii (sociale)
Russian:
общаться
Slovak:
stýkať sa
Slovenian:
mešati se
Spanish:
mezclarse, juntarse
Swedish:
umgås
Turkish:
karışmak
mix1[miks]noun
the result of mixing things or people together Example: London has an interesting racial mix.
Arabic:
خَليط من الناس
Chinese (Simplified):
混合
Chinese (Traditional):
混合
Czech:
směs
Danish:
blanding; miks
Dutch:
mengsel
Estonian:
segu
Finnish:
sekoitus
French:
mélange
German:
die Mischung
Greek:
μείγμα, κράμα
Hungarian:
keverék
Icelandic:
blanda
Indonesian:
campuran
Italian:
mescolanza, commistione
Japanese:
混合物
Korean:
혼합(물)
Latvian:
sajaukums; maisījums
Lithuanian:
mišinys
Norwegian:
blanding
Polish:
mieszanka
Portuguese (Brazil):
mistura
Portuguese (Portugal):
mistura
Romanian:
amestec
Russian:
смесь, мешанина
Slovak:
zmes
Slovenian:
mešanica
Spanish:
mezcla
Swedish:
blandning, mix
Turkish:
karışım
mix2[miks]noun
a collection of ingredients used to make something Example: (a) cake-mix
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Ad*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.]1. The act of mixing; mixture. 2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together. 3. That which is mixed with anything.
Com*mix"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Commixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Commixing.] [Pref. com- + mix: cf. L. commixtus, p. p. of commiscere. See Mix.] To mix or mingle together; to blend. The commixed impressions of all the colors do stir up and beget a sensation of white. --Sir I. Newton. To commix With winds that sailors rail at. --Shak.
Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See Mix.]1. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort. 2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals. 3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort.
Med"dle`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Meddling.] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F. m[^e]ler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix. ? See Mix, and cf. Medley, Mellay.]1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts. --Shak. 2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- ? a good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow. Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. --Tyndale. 3. To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in. Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv. 10. The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. --Locke. To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak. Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
Mes*ti"zo\, n.; pl. Mestizos. [Sp. mestizo; akin to OF. mestis, F. m['e]tis; all fr. (assumed) LL. mixtitius, fr. L. mixtus mixed, p. p. of miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Mestee, M['E]tif, M['E]tis, Mustee.] The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock. [Spanish America] Mestizo wool, wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.
Mis`cel*la"ne*ous\, a. [L. miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, fr. miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Miscellany.] Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. "A miscellaneous rabble." --Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n.
Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mixed(less properly Mixt); p. pr. & vb. n. Mixing.] [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. mi[,c]ra mixed. The English word has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. miscere. Cf. Admix, Mash to bruise, Meddle.]1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines. Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak. 2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. --Hos. vii. 8. 3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak. I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. --Bacon.
Mix\, v. i. 1. To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together. 2. To associate; to mingle. He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind. --Byron.
Mixed\, a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i. Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle. Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin. Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant. Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together. Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance.
Mix"tion\, n. [L. mixtio, mistio: cf. F. mixtion. See Mistion, Mix.]1. Mixture. [Obs.] 2. A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
Mix"ture\, n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F. mixture. See Mix.]1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. --Hooker. 2. That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley. There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence. --Atterbury. 3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient. Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution. --Addison. 4. (Med.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved. 5. (Physics & Chem.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter. 6. (Mus.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone. Syn: Union; admixture; intermixture; medley.
Pro*mis"cu*ous\, a. [L. promiscuus; pro before, in place of, for + miscere to mix. See Mix. ]1. Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass. A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot. --Pope. 2. Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.
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