10 dictionary results for: mix
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mix
[miks] Pronunciation Key verb, mixed or mixt, mix·ing, noun
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[miks] Pronunciation Key verb, mixed or mixt, mix·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
—Verb phrases
—Idiom
| 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.
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| 8. | to combine (two or more separate recordings or microphone signals) to make a single recording or composite signal. |
| 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. |
| 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,
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| 22. | mix it up, Slang.
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mix·a·ble, adjective
mix·a·bil·i·ty, mix·a·ble·ness, noun
—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.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| mix
(mĭks) Pronunciation Key
v. mixed, mix·ing, mix·es v. tr.
v. intr.
n.
Phrasal Verb(s): mix down Electronics To combine all of the audio components of a recording into a final soundtrack or mix. mix up
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. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mix (v.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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] |
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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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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.
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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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