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).
Blended together into one unit or mass; intermingled.
Composed of a variety of differing, sometimes conflicting entities: viewed the change in management with mixed emotions; a closet full of mixed outfits. See Synonyms at miscellaneous.
Made up of people of different sex, race, or social class.
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn: assorted]
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involving or composed of different races; "interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood" [syn: interracial]
Lar"ce*ny\, n.; pl. Larcenies. [F. larcin, OE. larrecin, L. latrocinium, fr. latro robber, mercenary, hired servant; cf. Gr. (?) hired servant. Cf. Latrociny.] (Law) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement. Grand larceny & Petit larceny are distinctions having reference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They are abolished in England. Mixed, or Compound, larceny, that which, under statute, includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building or the person. Simple larceny, that which is not accompanied with any aggravating circumstances.
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