Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To combine or blend into one mass or mixture.
- v. To create or form by combining ingredients: mix a drink; mix cement.
- v. To add (an ingredient or element) to another: mix an egg into batter.
- v. To combine or join: mix joy with sorrow.
- v. To bring into social contact: mix boys and girls in the classroom.
- v. To produce (an organism) by crossbreeding.
- v. Electronics To combine (two or more audio tracks or channels) to produce a composite audio recording.
- v. Electronics To produce (a soundtrack or recording) in this manner.
- v. To become mixed or blended together.
- v. To be capable of being blended together: Oil does not mix with water.
- v. To associate socially or get along with others: He does not mix well at parties.
- v. To mate so as to produce a hybrid; crossbreed.
- v. To become involved: In the case of a family argument, a friend should not mix in.
- n. An act of mixing.
- n. A mixture, especially of ingredients packaged and sold commercially: a cake mix.
- n. A blend of diverse elements; an amalgamation: "a mix of mean streets and the grandest boulevards—no other place in Paris is as eclectic and eccentric . . . as the 17th” ( Jean Rafferty).
- n. Electronics A recording that is produced by combining and adjusting two or more audio tracks or channels.
- mix down Electronics To combine all of the audio components of a recording into a final soundtrack or mix.
- mix up To confuse; confound: His explanation just mixed me up more. I always mix up the twins.
- mix up To involve or implicate: He got himself mixed up with the wrong people.
- idiom. mix it up Slang To fight.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To unite or blend promiscuously into one mass, body, or assemblage, as two or more substances, parts, or quantities; mingle intimately or indiscriminately: as, to mix different kinds of wine; to mix flour and water; herds inseparably mixed.
- To cause to unite or blend, as one object or quantity with another or others; bring into close combination or association with another or others.
- To form by mingling; produce by blending different ingredients: as, to mix bread.
- To involve; implicate.
- Synonyms Blend, etc. (see mingle), combine, compound, incorporate. See mixture.
- To become united or blended promiscuously; come together in intimate combination or close union: as, oil and water will not mix.
- To be joined or associated; become a part (of); become an ingredient or element (in): as, to mix with the multitude, or to mix in society.
- n. A mixture; a jumble; a blunder; a mess.
- n. Dung; muck.
- n. A vile wretch.
- To clean out.
Wiktionary
- v. To stir two or more substances together.
- v. To combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate.
- v. Use a mixer (machine) on.
- v. music To combine several tracks.
- v. music To produce a finished version of a recording.
- n. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
- n. The result of combining items normally kept separate.
- n. music The result of mixing several tracks.
- n. music The finished version of a recording.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. 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
- v. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
- v. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
- v. To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or implied time frame.
- v. To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.
- v. To associate; to mingle.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an event that combines things in a mixture
- v. combine (electronic signals)
- v. mix together different elements
- n. a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
- v. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- v. open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
- v. to bring or combine together or with something else
- n. the act of mixing together
- v. add as an additional element or part
Etymologies
- From Middle English mixen, from Old English mixian, miscian ("to blend, mix, combine"), from Proto-Germanic *miskijanan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵ-, *meiḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Old High German miskian, miskan (German mischen, "to mix"), Welsh mysgu ("to mix"), Latin misceō ("mix", v), Ancient Greek μίγνυμι (mignumi, "to mix"), Old Church Slavonic (mieshati, "to mix"), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti ("to mix"), Albanian mushk ("a mule, lit. a mixed animal"), Sanskrit (miçro, "mixed"), Old English māsc ("mixture, mash"). More at mash. (Wiktionary)
- Back-formation from Middle English mixt, mixed, mixed, from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscēre, to mix. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“* @param $mix mix: This variable can hold an array or a string”
“Saying he's anywhere near the title mix is a bit of marketing trickery, a diversion meant to obscure that he's been beaten twice by the champions of each of his two weight classes and that he is 3-3 in his last six fights.”
“It was a dismal start to the campaign for a side hoping to be in the title mix, but there was nothing on show at the Stadio Flaminio to suggest they can win the Six Nations.”
“It was dismal start to the campaign for a side hoping to be in the title mix, but there was nothing on show at the Stadio Flaminio to suggest they can win the Six Nations.”
“Could WWE really be thinking about putting Shelton Benjamin and Jack Swagger into the title mix after months of keeping them from being taken seriously as contenders?”
“Asked whether they were back in the title mix, Wenger replied:”
“The No. 29 car was amazing," said Saavedra, who jumped into the title mix (32 points behind Vernay).”
“Michael Schumacher has played down talk that Mercedes GP will be in a position to fight for victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, although the seven-time champion insists that the Brackley-based team will be in the title mix come the end of the year.”
“And if the Brazilian had still been in the title mix he would not have made it.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
“A repeat scoreline this Sunday would keep Arsenal in the title mix and perhaps have Manchester United celebrating too.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mix’.
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
With the exception of abbreviations and mosaic words all types of words (proper names, past tense of verbs, etc.) are allowed.
for, was, not, his, but, has, had, can, her, him, new, now and 339 more...
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WF - list of EN back-formations
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_back-formations
aborigine, accrete, acculturate, admix, admixture, adolesce, adsorb, adulate, advect, aesthete, air-condition, anticline and 212 more...
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fight
words for fighting
( open list, randomness )bout, fight, match, smackdown, blue, stoush, battle, clash, fuss, fray, ruckus, tussle and 115 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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MUSIC - jazz
Afro, habanera, pentatonic scale, bop, bebop, jazz, cool jazz, pentatonic, malignment, music genre, jazz musician, syncopate and 437 more...
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MUSIC - ALL TERMS
With focus on non-classical styles, but not excluding terms of the latter.
banjo, accompaniment, acoustic bass, bass guitar, bass clef, ground, brass, cornet, Mute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, arrangement and 866 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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Xcessive
Valid 3-letter words with an x. Also, longer words with more than one x in them.
wax, fix, tux, box, sex, max, six, aux, pox, hex, tax, mix and 78 more...
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Words Made Of Roman Numerals
dividivi, cimicic, civic, civil, idic, dill, livid, mild, ilicic, vivid, clim, imidic and 43 more...
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X Marks the Spot
Words ending in "x" (except proper nouns and trademarks)
ax, ex, ox, soapbox, smallpox, six, sex, sax, rex, pressbox, climax, chickenpox and 208 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
Unfortunately Necessary Words
Words we have to use all the time, but that doesn't mean they sound good. In fact, they kind of suck. See also this list.
milk, cheese, neck, teeth, moist, dry, skin, head, feet, mouth, frankly, hair and 97 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Two years
Okay, I admit it. I made a list of words my daughter knew when she was two years old.
bat, baba, a, abalone, about, acorn, adrienne, after, again, airplane, alison, all and 694 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
Tweets
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