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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;
- Example: "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"
- Example: "assorted sizes"
- Example: "miscellaneous accessories"
- Example: "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"
- Example: "a motley crew"
- Example: "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
[syn: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)]

2. involving or composed of different races;
- Example: "interracial schools"
- Example: "a mixed neighborhood"
[syn: interracial, mixed]


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. [1913 Webster] Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. [1913 Webster] Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. --Hos. vii. 8. [1913 Webster] 3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. [1913 Webster] Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak. [1913 Webster] I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while at college. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mixed \Mixed\, a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster] Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle. Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin. Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant. Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together. Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mixed adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)] 2: involving or composed of different races; "interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood" [syn: interracial, mixed]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

107 Moby Thesaurus words for "mixed": adulterated, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assimilated, associated, assorted, blemished, blended, clashing, combinative, combinatory, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conflicting, confused, conglomerate, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connected, connective, consolidated, contradictory, damaged, dappled, defective, deficient, diverse, eclectic, equivocal, erroneous, fallible, faulty, fifty-fifty, found wanting, fused, half-and-half, half-bred, heterogeneous, hybrid, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, incorporated, indiscriminate, inexact, integrated, interbred, intricate, involved, ironic, joined, joint, jumbled, lacking, makeshift, many-sided, mediocre, medley, merged, mingled, miscellaneous, mongrel, motley, muddled, multifaceted, multifarious, multinational, multiracial, not perfect, off, one, opposing, opposite, partial, patchy, pluralistic, promiscuous, scrambled, short, sketchy, syncretic, syncretistic, syncretized, synthesized, tainted, thrown together, undeveloped, uneven, unfinished, united, unperfected, unsound, unthorough, varied, various, wanting
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

MIXED. To join; to mingle. A compound made of several simples is said to be something mixed.