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mix

  [miks] verb, mixed or mixt, mix⋅ing, noun
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–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.
—Verb phrases
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.
—Idiom
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

Related forms:
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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Word Origin & History

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
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