MIX
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
mix
n 1: a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients [syn:
{mix}, {premix}]
2: an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual
mixture of cultures" [syn: {mix}, {mixture}]
3: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and
water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording
studio" [syn: {mix}, {commixture}, {admixture}, {mixture},
{intermixture}, {mixing}]
v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: {blend}, {flux}, {mix}, {conflate}, {commingle},
{immix}, {fuse}, {coalesce}, {meld}, {combine}, {merge}]
2: open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups;
"This school is completely desegregated" [syn: {desegregate},
{integrate}, {mix}] [ant: {segregate}]
3: combine (electronic signals); "mixing sounds"
4: add as an additional element or part; "mix water into the
drink" [syn: {mix}, {mix in}]
5: to bring or combine together or with something else;
"resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: {mix},
{mingle}, {commix}, {unify}, {amalgamate}]
6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the
cards" [syn: {shuffle}, {ruffle}, {mix}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mix \Mix\ (m[i^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mixed} (m[i^]kst)
(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. mi`sgein,
migny`nai, 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.
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Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.
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2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
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Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
--Hos. vii. 8.
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3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
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Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak.
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I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
civil considerations. --Bacon.
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4. To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or
implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while
at college.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mix \Mix\, v. i.
1. To become united into a compound; to be blended
promiscuously together.
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2. To associate; to mingle; as, Democrats and Republicans
mixed freely at the party.
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He had mixed
Again in fancied safety with his kind. --Byron.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
215 Moby Thesaurus words for "mix":
add, admix, admixture, all sorts, alloy, amalgam, amalgamate,
amalgamation, assemblage, assemble, assimilate, associate,
associate with, assort with, assortment, bemingle, bind, blend,
blur, blur distinctions, braid, brew, broad spectrum, build,
build up, chum, chum together, chum with, clique, clique with,
club together, clutch, coalesce, combine, come together, commingle,
commix, commixture, complication, compose, compound, comprise,
concoct, confound, confuse, conglomerate, conglomeration, conjoin,
connect, consist of, consolidate, consort with, constitute,
construct, crunch, decoct, disarrange, disarray, disorganize,
disrupt, disturb, embarrassing position, embarrassment, embody,
emulsify, encompass, enter into, fabricate, fellowship,
fine how-do-you-do, fix up, flock together, flux, form, fraternize,
fuse, fusion, gallimaufry, get up, go into, hang around with,
hang out with, hash, hell to pay, herd together, hobble,
hobnob with, hodgepodge, homogenize, hot water, hotchpot,
hotchpotch, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, immingle, immix, immixture,
include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse,
interfusion, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix,
intermixture, intertwine, interweave, jam, join,
join in fellowship, jumble, jumble together, keep company with,
knead, link, lump, lump together, magpie, make, make one, make up,
mash, medley, melange, meld, melt into one, merge, merge in, mess,
mess up, mingle, mingle with, mingle-mangle, miscellany, misdeem,
mishmash, misidentify, mix up, mix with, mixed bag, mixture,
morass, muddle, muss up, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida,
omnium-gatherum, organize, overlook distinctions, pal, pal up with,
pal with, parlous straits, pass, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork,
pickle, piece together, pinch, plight, potpourri, predicament,
pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, put together,
quagmire, quicksand, reembody, roll into one, run in couples,
run with, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, scrape, shade into,
shuffle, slough, solidify, sort with, spot, squeeze, stew,
sticky wicket, stir up, strait, straits, structure, swamp,
syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, take up with, throw together,
tie up with, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, toss together,
tricky spot, tumble, unholy mess, unify, unite, unite in,
what you will, work, work in
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