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mingle

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min·gle  (mnggl)
v. min·gled, min·gling, min·gles
v.tr.
1. To mix or bring together in combination, usually without loss of individual characteristics. See Synonyms at mix.
2. To mix so that the components become united; merge.
v.intr.
1. To be or become mixed or united.
2. To join or take part with others: The faculty mingled with the trustees.

[Middle English menglen, frequentative of mengen, to mix, from Old English mengan; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]

mingler n.

mingle
Verb
[-gling, -gled]
1. to mix or blend
2. to associate or mix with a group of people: the performers mingled with the audience after the show [Old English mengan to mix]

Mingle a mingled mass; a mixture, 1548.
Examples: mingle of divers sorts, 1621; of thankfulness and dread, 1811.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.minglemingle - to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
aggregate, combine - gather in a mass, sum, or whole
concoct - make a concoction (of) by mixing
combine, compound - combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"
blend, immingle, intermingle, intermix - combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"
2.mingle - get involved or mixed-up with; "He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair"
3.mingle - be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

mingle
verb 2. associate, circulate, hang out (informal) consort, socialize, rub shoulders (informal) hobnob, fraternize, hang about or around << OPPOSITE dissociate
Translations
Spanish mingle [ˈmɪŋgl] vi to mingle with → mezclarse con
French mingle [ˈmɪŋgl] vtmêler, mélanger
vi to mingle with → se mêler à

German mingle [ˈmɪŋgl] vi to mingle (with) → sich vermischen (mit);
to mingle with (people) → Umgang haben mit;
(at party etc) → sich unterhalten mit;
you should mingle a bit → du solltest dich unter die Leute mischen

Italian mingle [ˈmɪŋgl] vtmescolare, mischiare
vi to mingle with → mescolarsi a, mischiarsi con

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She deserved the scolding, and had bent before it, but her head, though bloody, was unsubdued, and her chirrupings began to mingle with his retreating thunder.
Yet there has always been this essential difference between them, that while the Buddhist regards the senses as windows looking out upon unreality and mirage, to the Taoist they are doors through which the freed soul rushes to mingle with the colours and tones and contours of the universe.
During this period, the passengers of the various ships used occasionally to go on shore, and mingle sociably together.
 
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