mix
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), 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 μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “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.
Inflected forms:
form: mixes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mixing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mixed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mixed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: mix
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: mix
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: mixed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: mix'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
first-person
past
singular
form: mixt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
first-person
past
singular
form: mix
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: mixest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: mixed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: mixedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: mix'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: mixt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: mixes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mixeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: mixed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: mix'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
singular
third-person
form: mixt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
singular
third-person
form: mix
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: mixed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: mix'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
plural
form: mixt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
plural
form: mix
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: mixed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: mix'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
subjunctive
form: mixt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
subjunctive
form: mix
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: mixing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mixed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mix'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: mixt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: mixes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To stir together.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.
gloss: To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to mix business with pleasure
Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
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.
gloss: To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Yellow and blue paint mix to make green.
Hast thou no poison mixed?
Therefore J haue chosen an Argument, mixt of Religious and Ciuill Considerations; And likewise mixt between Contemplatiue, and Actiue.
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.
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.
gloss: To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.
gloss: To combine (several tracks).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.
gloss: To produce a finished version of (a recording).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I'm almost done mixing this song.
gloss: To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
The mention of the six knots of elderwood is curious, for that tree mixes largely in folk lore.
gloss: The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
pos: noun
examples: Now add the raisins to the mix.
[…] fifteen flavors of powdered mixes in traditional scoop-out packages, seven flavors of single-serve bottled drinks, and three flavors of multiserve bottles.
gloss: The result of combining items normally kept separate.
pos: noun
examples: My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.
The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix.
A Chronicle of Higher Education tracker of nearly 3,000 colleges found that of those with firm plans, 19% are opening primarily in person; 27% are primarily online; and 16% are, like Penn State, a mix.
gloss: A preparation, usually in the form of a powder, into which other ingredients can be mixed to prepare a specified foodstuff.
pos: noun
examples: Cake mix. Pancake mix. Hot chocolate mix.
gloss: The result of mixing several tracks.
pos: noun
examples: The rhythm mix sounds muddy.
gloss: The finished version of a recording.
pos: noun
examples: I've almost finished the mix for this song.
gloss: A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
uncountable
examples: Eventually I could taste different drugs and tell how much mix in it or if there’s too much mix in it or what have you.
Synonyms: combine
mingle
intermix
mix together
mix up
admix
amalgamate
bemingle
commingle
intermingle
involve
mang
meddle
ming
mix
Antonyms: disentangle
purify
unmix
Related words: mish-mash
stir
mixture
Derived words: admix
beatmix
mismix
mix and match
remix
submix
bemix
comix
demix
downmix
enmix
freemix
immix
inmix
mixability
mixable
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
sentence mix
undermix
unmix
upmix
bank mix
beat-mix
beat mix
Bombay mix
bridge mix
cake mix
case mix
code mix
code-mix
communication mix
Co-op mix
energy mix
fanmix
free-mix
hot-mix
in the mix
Italian mix
megamix
mission
mix bag
mix feeding
mixfix
mix-inmix
mixish
mixling
mixmaster
mix-minus
mixologist
mix tape
mixtape
Mixter
mix-up
mixup
mixy
pick 'n' mix
policy mix
postmix
potting mix
premix
qumix
radio mix
ready-mix
sour mix
spring mix
supermix
trail mix
trimix
wintry mix
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