mix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪks/
rhymes: -ɪks
homophone: micks
homophone: Micks
homophone: Mick's
Forms: form: mixes
form: mixing
form: mixed
form: mixed
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form: glossary
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form: mixed
form: mix'd
form: mixt
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form: mixest
form: mixed
form: mixedst
form: mix'd
form: mixt
form: mixes
form: mixeth
form: mixed
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form: -
form: mixing
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form: mixe
form: mixe
Etymology: From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-Germanic *miskijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μίγνυμι (mígnumi, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”), Persian آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.
Senses: examples: text: Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.
glosses: To stir together.
examples: text: to mix business with pleasure
text: Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.
text: What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
text: She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
glosses: To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
examples: text: Yellow and blue paint mix to make green.
text: Hast thou no poison mixed?
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
text: Therefore J haue chosen an Argument, mixt of Religious and Ciuill Considerations; And likewise mixt between Contemplatiue, and Actiue.
ref: 1622 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “An Advertisement Touching an Holy Warre. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, page 90:
text: In order to the diſcovery of ſome hints of the account, upon which the above mentioned mixtures were more intenſely frigefactive than ſnow alone, we ſealed up a ſingle vial of ſnow unmingled with any other ingredient, and found it to thaw much more ſlowly than any of thoſe parcels of ſnow, which we had mixt with ſalts or ſpirits.
ref: 1663, Robert Boyle, “Title I. Experiments Touching Bodies Capable of Freezing Others.”, in New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or, An Experimental History of Cold, Begun. […], London: […] Richard Davis, […], published 1683, →OCLC, paragraph 13, page 49:
text: She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
glosses: To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
examples: text: Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.
glosses: To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
examples: text: I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To combine (several tracks).
examples: text: I'm almost done mixing this song.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To produce a finished version of (a recording).
examples: text: Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hosea 7:8:
text: The mention of the six knots of elderwood is curious, for that tree mixes largely in folk lore.
ref: 1866, William Henderson, Notes on the Folk-lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders, page 183:
glosses: To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
Synonyms: sense: stir two or more substances together
word: blend
word: combine
word: mingle
word: intermix
word: mix together
word: mix up
sense: combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate
word: mix together
sense: combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate
word: mix up
sense: combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate
word: muddle
sense: combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate
word: muddle up
word: admix
word: amalgamate
word: bemingle
word: commingle
word: intermingle
word: mang
word: meddle
word: ming
word: mix
Hypernyms: word: alter
Hyponyms: word: adulterate
word: alloy
word: alternate
word: brew
word: homogenize
word: interweave
word: miscegenate
word: season
Derived terms: admix
beatmix
bemix
comix
demix
downmix
enmix
freemix
immix
inmix
mismix
mixability
mixable
mix and match
mix apples and oranges
mixblood
mix business with pleasure
mixdown
mix down
mixed
mixer
mixible
mixie
mixin
mixing
mix it up
mixity
mixture
mix up
oil and water don't mix
overmix
permix
pick and mix
pick-and-mix
remix
sentence mix
submix
undermix
unmix
upmix
Related terms: word: mish-mash
word: stir
word: mixture