mix Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
    premix.
  2. noun an event that combines things in a mixture
    mixture.
    • a gradual mixture of cultures
  3. noun the act of mixing together
    mixture; intermixture; commixture; admixture; mixing.
    • paste made by a mix of flour and water
    • the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio
  4. verb mix together different elements
    conflate; immix; coalesce; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
    • The colors blend well
  5. verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
    integrate; desegregate.
    • This school is completely desegregated
  6. verb combine (electronic signals)
    • mixing sounds
  7. verb add as an additional element or part
    mix in.
    • mix water into the drink
  8. verb to bring or combine together or with something else
    amalgamate; unify; mingle; commix.
    • resourcefully he mingled music and dance
  9. verb mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
    ruffle; shuffle.
    • shuffle the cards

WordNet

Mix transitive verb
Etymology
AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. , , Skr. miçra 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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Mixed (less properly Mixt); present participle & verbal noun Mixing
Definitions
  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.
    Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. Shak.
  2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
    Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. Hos. vii. 8.
  3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
    Hast thou no poison mixed? Shak.
    I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. Bacon.
Mix intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.
  2. To associate; to mingle.
    He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind. Byron.

Webster 1913