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[syn: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mixing
n 1: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "mixing":
FCC, FM broadcasting, Federal Communications Commission, admixture,
alloyage, amalgamation, blending, broadcasting, coalescence,
combination, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composition,
eclecticism, fade-out, fusion, immixture, integration, interfusion,
interlaced scanning, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement,
intermingling, intermixture, merger, mingling, mixture, monitoring,
pluralism, radiobroadcasting, scanning, shading,
standard broadcasting, switching, syncretism, telecasting,
televising, tone control, transmission, vestigial transmission,
volume control