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mix       [miks] Pronunciation Key verb, mixed or mixt, mix·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.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.
16.mixer (def. 4).
17.the proportion of ingredients in a mixture; formula: a mix of two to one.
18.Informal. a mess or muddle; mix-up.
19.Music. an electronic blending of tracks or sounds made to produce a recording.
20.mix down, to mix the tracks of an existing recording to make a new recording with fewer tracks: the four-track tape was mixed down to stereo.
21.mix up,
a.to confuse completely, esp. to mistake one person or thing for another: The teacher was always mixing up the twins.
b.to involve or entangle.
22.mix it up, Slang.
a.to engage in a quarrel.
b.to fight with the fists.
Also, mix it.

[Origin: 1470–80; back formation from mixt mixed]

mix·a·ble, adjective
mix·a·bil·i·ty, mix·a·ble·ness, noun

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.
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Mix       [miks] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Thomas Edwin (Tom), 1880–1940, U.S. film actor in westerns.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mix       (mĭks)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   mixed, mix·ing, mix·es

v.   tr.
    1. To combine or blend into one mass or mixture.
    2. To create or form by combining ingredients: mix a drink; mix cement.
    3. To add (an ingredient or element) to another: mix an egg into batter.
    4. To combine (two or more audio tracks or channels) to produce a composite audio recording.
    5. To produce (a soundtrack or recording) in this manner.
  1. To combine or join: mix joy with sorrow.
  2. To bring into social contact: mix boys and girls in the classroom.
  3. To produce (an organism) by crossbreeding.
  4. Electronics
    1. To combine (two or more audio tracks or channels) to produce a composite audio recording.
    2. To produce (a soundtrack or recording) in this manner.

v.   intr.
    1. To become mixed or blended together.
    2. To be capable of being blended together: Oil does not mix with water.
  1. To associate socially or get along with others: He does not mix well at parties.
  2. To mate so as to produce a hybrid; crossbreed.
  3. To become involved: In the case of a family argument, a friend should not mix in.

n.  
  1. An act of mixing.
    1. A mixture, especially of ingredients packaged and sold commercially: a cake mix.
    2. 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).
  2. Electronics A recording that is produced by combining and adjusting two or more audio tracks or channels.
  3. To confuse; confound: His explanation just mixed me up more. I always mix up the twins.
  4. 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
  1. To confuse; confound: His explanation just mixed me up more. I always mix up the twins.
  2. 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).

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mix  (v.)
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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
mix

noun
1. a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients 
2. an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures" 
3. the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" 

verb
1. mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" 
2. open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated" [syn: desegregate] [ant: segregate
3. combine (electronic signals); "mixing sounds" 
4. add as an additional element or part; "mix water into the drink" 
5. to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" 
6. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" [syn: shuffle

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

MIX
Knuth's hypothetical machine, used in The Art of Computer Programming v.1, Donald Knuth, A-W 1969.

U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This

Charles Mix County, SD (county, FIPS 23) Location: 43.20619 N, 98.59471 W
Population (1990): 9131 (3751 housing units)
Area: 2844.5 sq km (land), 134.7 sq km (water)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mix

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mix

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.

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