[syn: jumble, mingle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mingle \Min"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mingled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mingling.] [From OE. mengen, AS. mengan; akin to D. & G.
mengen, Icel. menga, also to E. among, and possibly to mix.
Cf. Among, Mongrel.]
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1. To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or
part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be
distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
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There was . . . fire mingled with the hail. --Ex.
ix. 24.
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2. To associate or unite in society or by ties of
relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to
intermarry.
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The holy seed have mingled themselves with the
people of those lands. --Ezra ix. 2.
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3. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
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A mingled, imperfect virtue. --Rogers.
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4. To put together; to join. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
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[He] proceeded to mingle another draught.
--Hawthorne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mingle \Min"gle\, v. i.
1. To become mixed or blended.
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2. To associate (with certain people); as, he's too
highfalutin to mingle with working stiffs.
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3. To move (among other people); -- of people; as, the
president left his car to mingle with the crowd; a host at
a a party should mingle with his guests.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mingle \Min"gle\, n.
A mixture. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mingle
v 1: to bring or combine together or with something else;
"resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: mix,
mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate]
2: get involved or mixed-up with; "He was about to mingle in an
unpleasant affair"
3: be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"
[syn: jumble, mingle]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "mingle":
admix, alloy, amalgamate, associate, associate with, assort with,
bemingle, blend, chum, chum together, chum with, circulate, clique,
clique with, club together, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix,
compose, compound, concoct, conglomerate, consort, consort with,
emulsify, fellowship, flock together, fraternize, fuse, go,
hang around with, hang out with, hash, herd together, hobnob with,
homogenize, immingle, immix, integrate, interblend, interlace,
interlard, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, join,
join in fellowship, jumble, keep company with, knead, make up,
marry, meld, merge, mingle with, mingle-mangle, mix, mix up,
mix with, pal, pal up with, pal with, run in couples, run with,
scramble, shuffle, socialize, sort with, spend time, stir up,
syncretize, take up with, throw together, tie up with,
toss together, unite, work