Mix

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mix \Mix\, v. i.
     1. To become united into a compound; to be blended
        promiscuously together.
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     2. To associate; to mingle; as, Democrats and Republicans
        mixed freely at the party.
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              He had mixed
              Again in fancied safety with his kind. --Byron.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mix
       n 1: a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients [syn: {premix}]
       2: an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual
          mixture of cultures" [syn: {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" [syn: {commixture}, {admixture}, {mixture}, {intermixture},
           {mixing}]
       v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
            [syn: {blend}, {flux}, {conflate}, {commingle}, {immix},
             {fuse}, {coalesce}, {meld}, {combine}, {merge}]
       2: open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups;
          "This school is completely desegregated" [syn: {desegregate},
           {integrate}] [ant: {segregate}]
       3: to bring or combine together or with something else;
          "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: {mingle},
           {commix}, {unify}, {amalgamate}]
       4: as of electronic signals; "mixing sounds"
       5: add as an additional element or part; "mix water into the
          drink" [syn: {mix in}]
       6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle
          the cards" [syn: {shuffle}, {ruffle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  215 Moby Thesaurus words for "mix":
     add, admix, admixture, all sorts, alloy, amalgam, amalgamate,
     amalgamation, assemblage, assemble, assimilate, associate,
     associate with, assort with, assortment, bemingle, bind, blend,
     blur, blur distinctions, braid, brew, broad spectrum, build,
     build up, chum, chum together, chum with, clique, clique with,
     club together, clutch, coalesce, combine, come together, commingle,
     commix, commixture, complication, compose, compound, comprise,
     concoct, confound, confuse, conglomerate, conglomeration, conjoin,
     connect, consist of, consolidate, consort with, constitute,
     construct, crunch, decoct, disarrange, disarray, disorganize,
     disrupt, disturb, embarrassing position, embarrassment, embody,
     emulsify, encompass, enter into, fabricate, fellowship,
     fine how-do-you-do, fix up, flock together, flux, form, fraternize,
     fuse, fusion, gallimaufry, get up, go into, hang around with,
     hang out with, hash, hell to pay, herd together, hobble,
     hobnob with, hodgepodge, homogenize, hot water, hotchpot,
     hotchpotch, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, immingle, immix, immixture,
     include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse,
     interfusion, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix,
     intermixture, intertwine, interweave, jam, join,
     join in fellowship, jumble, jumble together, keep company with,
     knead, link, lump, lump together, magpie, make, make one, make up,
     mash, medley, melange, meld, melt into one, merge, merge in, mess,
     mess up, mingle, mingle with, mingle-mangle, miscellany, misdeem,
     mishmash, misidentify, mix up, mix with, mixed bag, mixture,
     morass, muddle, muss up, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida,
     omnium-gatherum, organize, overlook distinctions, pal, pal up with,
     pal with, parlous straits, pass, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork,
     pickle, piece together, pinch, plight, potpourri, predicament,
     pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, put together,
     quagmire, quicksand, reembody, roll into one, run in couples,
     run with, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, scrape, shade into,
     shuffle, slough, solidify, sort with, spot, squeeze, stew,
     sticky wicket, stir up, strait, straits, structure, swamp,
     syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, take up with, throw together,
     tie up with, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, toss together,
     tricky spot, tumble, unholy mess, unify, unite, unite in,
     what you will, work, work in
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

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