mix

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: premixmixturecommixtureadmixtureintermixturemixingblendfluxconflatecommingleimmixfuse

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredientsSynonyms: premix
  2. an event that combines things in a mixture“a gradual mixture of cultures”Synonyms: mixture
  3. the act of mixing together“paste made by a mix of flour and water”“the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio”Synonyms: commixtureadmixturemixtureintermixturemixing

Verb (6)

  1. mix together different elements“The colors blend well”Synonyms: blendfluxconflatecommingleimmixfusecoalescemeldcombinemerge
  2. open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups“This school is completely desegregated”Synonyms: desegregateintegrate
  3. combine (electronic signals)“mixing sounds”
  4. add as an additional element or part“mix water into the drink”Synonyms: mix in
  5. to bring or combine together or with something else“resourcefully he mingled music and dance”Synonyms: minglecommixunifyamalgamate
  6. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement“shuffle the cards”Synonyms: shuffleruffle
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mix \Mix\, v. i.

1.To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together. [1913 Webster]

2.To associate; to mingle; as, Democrats and Republicans mixed freely at the party. [1913 Webster +PJC]

He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind.— Byron.[1913 Webster]
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]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

MIX

Knuth's hypothetical machine, used in The Art of Computer Programming v.1, Donald Knuth, A-W 1969.

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