Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mix"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mix \Mix\, v. i.
1. To become united into a compound; to be blended
promiscuously together.
2. To associate; to mingle.
He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind.
--Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mix \Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mixed}(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. ?, ?, 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.
Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.
2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
--Hos. vii. 8.
3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak.
I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
civil considerations. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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; "paste made by a mix of flour and water";
"the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
[syn: {commixture}, {admixture}, {mixture}, {mixing}]
v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well";
"fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A.
Schlesinger [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}]
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