mix (redirected from mixes)

mix  (mks)

v. mixed, mix·ing, mix·es

v.tr.

1.

a. To combine or blend into one mass or mixture.

b. To create or form by combining ingredients: mix a drink; mix cement.

c. To add (an ingredient or element) to another: mix an egg into batter.

2. To combine or join: mix joy with sorrow.

3. To bring into social contact: mix boys and girls in the classroom.

4. To produce (an organism) by crossbreeding.

5. Electronics

a. To combine (two or more audio tracks or channels) to produce a composite audio recording.

b. To produce (a soundtrack or recording) in this manner.

v.intr.

1.

a. To become mixed or blended together.

b. To be capable of being blended together: Oil does not mix with water.

2. To associate socially or get along with others: He does not mix well at parties.

3. To mate so as to produce a hybrid; crossbreed.

4. To become involved: In the case of a family argument, a friend should not mix in.

n.

1. An act of mixing.

2.

a. A mixture, especially of ingredients packaged and sold commercially: a cake mix.

b. A blend of diverse elements; an amalgamation: "a mix of mean streets and the grandest boulevardsno other place in Paris is as eclectic and eccentric . . . as the 17th" Jean Rafferty.

3. Electronics A recording that is produced by combining and adjusting two or more audio tracks or channels.

Phrasal Verbs:

mix down Electronics

To combine all of the audio components of a recording into a final soundtrack or mix.

mix up

1. To confuse; confound: His explanation just mixed me up more. I always mix up the twins.

2. To involve or implicate: He got himself mixed up with the wrong people.

Idiom:

mix it up Slang

To fight.

---

[Back-formation from Middle English mixt, mixed, mixed, from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.]

---

mixa·ble adj.

Synonyms: mix, blend, mingle, merge, amalgamate, coalesce, fuse²
These verbs mean to put into or come together in one mass so that constituent parts or elements are diffused or commingled. Mix is the least specific: The cook mixed eggs, flour, and sugar. Greed and charity don't mix.
To blend is to mix intimately and harmoniously so that the components lose their original definition: The clerk blended mocha and java coffee beans. Snow-covered mountains blended into the clouds.
Mingle implies combination without loss of individual characteristics: "Respect was mingled with surprise" Sir Walter Scott. "His companions mingled freely and joyously with the natives" Washington Irving.
Merge and amalgamate imply resultant homogeneity: Tradition and innovation are merged in this new composition. Twilight merged into night. "The four sentences of the original are amalgamated into two" William Minto.
Coalesce implies a slow merging: Indigenous peoples and conquerors coalesced into the present-day population.
Fuse emphasizes an enduring union, as that formed by heating metals: "He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity, that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each" Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

---

mix

Verb

1. to combine or blend into one mass or substance: mix the water, yeast, and flour into a smooth dough

2. to be able to combine into one substance: oil and water do not mix

3. to form by combining different substances: to mix cement

4. to do at the same time: to mix business and pleasure

5. to be outgoing in social situations: he mixed well

6. Music to balance and adjust individual performers' parts to make an overall sound by electronic means

Noun

1. something produced by mixing; mixture

2. a mixture of ingredients, esp. one commercially prepared for making a cake

3. Music the sound produced by mixing

See also mix-up [Latin miscere]

mixed adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mix - a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients premix ready-mix - a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish self-raising flour, self-rising flour - a commercially prepared mixture of flour and salt and a leavening agent concoction, intermixture, mixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
	2.	mix - an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures" mixture combining, combine - an occurrence that results in things being united concoction - an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction" blend - an occurrence of thorough mixing
	3.	mix - the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" commixture, mixing, intermixture, admixture, mixture compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole
Verb	1.	mix - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" coalesce, conflate, fuse, immix, commingle, merge, blend, meld, flux, combine change integrity - change in physical make-up gauge - mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster" absorb - cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" meld, melt - lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" mix in, blend in - cause (something) to be mixed with (something else); "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts" accrete - grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together" conjugate - unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds admix - mix or blend; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils" alloy - make an alloy of syncretise, syncretize - become fused stump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"
	2.	mix - open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated" desegregate, integrate
	3.	mix - combine (electronic signals); "mixing sounds" combine, compound - put or add together; "combine resources"
	4.	mix - add as an additional element or part; "mix water into the drink" mix in add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" dash - add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"
	5.	mix - to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify 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"
	6.	mix - mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" shuffle, ruffle manipulate - hold something in one's hands and move it reshuffle - shuffle again; "So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards" riffle - shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix cut - divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"

---

mix

verb 1. combine, blend, merge, unite, join, cross, compound, incorporate, put together, fuse, mingle, jumble, alloy, amalgamate, interweave, coalesce, intermingle, meld, commingle, commix

verb 2. socialize, associate, hang out (informal) mingle, circulate, come together, consort, hobnob, fraternize, rub elbows (informal)

verb 3. (often with up) combine, marry, blend, integrate, amalgamate, coalesce, meld, commix

noun 4. mixture, combination, blend, fusion, compound, jumble, assortment, alloy, medley, concoction, amalgam, mixed bag (informal) meld, melange, miscellany

mix someone up bewilder, upset, confuse, disturb, puzzle, muddle, perplex, unnerve, fluster, throw into confusion

mix someone up in something (usually passive) entangle, involve, implicate, embroil, rope in

mix something up

1. confuse, scramble, muddle, confound

2. blend, beat, mix, stir, fold

Translations

mix [mɪks] vt (gen) → mezclar (= combine); unir

vi → mezclarse; [people] → llevarse bien

n → mezcla;

to mix sth with sth → mezclar algo con algo;

to mix business with pleasure → combinar los negocios con el placer;

cake mix → preparado para pastel

mix in vt [+ eggs etc] → añadir

mix up vt → mezclar (= confuse); confundir;

to be mixed up in sth → estar metido en algo

mix [mɪks] vt → mélanger [+ sauce, drink etc]; préparer

vi → se mélanger (= socialize);

he doesn't mix well → il est peu sociable n → mélange m;

to mix sth with sth → mélanger qch à qch;

to mix business with pleasure → unir l'utile à l'agréable;

cake mix → préparation f pour gâteau

mix in vt → incorporer, mélanger

mix up vt → mélanger (= confuse); confondre;

to be mixed up in sth → être mêlé(e) à qch or impliqué(e) dans qch

mix [mɪks] vt → mischen;

(drink) → mixen;

(sauce, cake) → zubereiten;

(ingredients) → verrühren

vi to mix (with) → verkehren (mit) n → Mischung f;

to mix sth with sth → etw mit etw vermischen;

to mix business with pleasure → das Angenehme mit dem Nützlichen verbinden;

cake mix → Backmischung f

mix in mix vt (eggs etc) → unterrühren

mix up mix vt (people) → verwechseln;

(things) → durcheinanderbringen;

to be mixed up in sth mix → in etw acc verwickelt sein

mix [mɪks] vt → mescolare

vi → mescolarsi

n → mescolanza; preparato;

to mix sth with sth → mischiare qc a qc;

to mix business with pleasure → unire l'utile al dilettevole;

cake mix → preparato per torta

mix in vt [+ eggs etc] → incorporare

mix up vt → mescolare (= confuse); confondere;

to be mixed up in sth → essere coinvolto in qc

---

mix

v mix [miks]

1 to put or blend together to form one mass She mixed the butter and sugar together; He mixed the blue paint with the yellow paint to make green paint.mengيَمْزِجсмесвам(s)míchatblandemischenανακατεύω, αναμειγνύωmezclarsegamaمخلوط کردنsekoittaamélangerלְעַרבֵּבमिश्रण करनाpomiješati(össze)kevermencampurblandamescolare, mischiare混ぜる섞다, 혼합하다(su)maišyti[]jauktmencampurmengenblandezmieszaćmisturara ames­teca; a combinaсмешивать(z)miešaťzmešatipomešatiblandaผสมkarıştırmak混合змішуватиایک دوسرے میں ملاناpha lẫn混合

2 to prepare or make by doing this She mixed the cement in a bucket.mengيَخلُطприготвямnamíchatblande; tilberede; mikseanrührenανακατεύωmezclarsegamaدر هم کردنsekoittaapréparerלְעַרבֵּבमिलानाmiješatiösszekevermencampurblanda, lagaimpastare混ぜ合わせる섞어 만들다užmaišytipagatavot iejaucotmencampurkanmengenblande sammen, miksewymieszaćmisturara pregătiзамешиватьnamiešaťpripravitipomešatiblanda tillรวมกันkarıştırarak hazırlamak攙和замішуватиملا کر تیار کرناtrộn搀和

3 to go together or blend successfully to form one mass Oil and water don't mix.mengيَمْتَزِجкомбинирамmísitpasse sammensich mischen lassenαναμειγνύομαι, συνδυάζομαιmezclar, amasarsegunemaمخلوط کردنsekoittuase mélangerלְהִתעַרבֵּבघुलनाizmiješatikeveredikbercampurblandastmescolarsi混ざり合う섞이다maišytissajauktiesbercampurzich vermengenblande segłączyć/mieszać sięmisturara ames­tecaсмешиватьсяzmiešaťmešati (se)mešati seblanda sigทำให้รวมตัวกันkarışmak溶合змішуватисяایک دوسرے میں تحلیل ہوناhoà nhập溶合

4 to go together socially People of different races were mixing together happily.mengيَمْتَزِج، يَخْتَلِطсмесвам сеstýkat sekomme sammensich mischenαναμειγνύομαι, συναναστρέφομαιmezclarse, juntarseseltsimaقاتی شدنseurustellase mêlerלְהִתחָבֵרघुलना-मिलनाslagati sebarátkozikbergaulsamlagastfamiliarizzare, mescolarsi交わる사귀다, 교제하다bendrauti, sugyventisaprastiesbergaulmet elkaar omgaankomme sammen, omgåsobcować, współżyćmisturar-sea avea relaţii (sociale)общатьсяstýkať samešati semešati seumgåsเข้าสังคมkarışmak交往водитися, знатисяربط ضبط ہوناhòa hợp结合

n

1 the result of mixing things or people together London has an interesting racial mix.mengselخَليط من الناسсмесванеsměsblanding; miksdie Mischungμείγμα, κράμαmezclaseguترکیبsekoitusmélangeתַּמהִילमिश्रण, घोलmješavinakeverékcampuranblandamescolanza, commistione混合物혼합(물)mišinyssajaukums; maisījumscampuranmengselblandingmieszankamisturaamestecсмесь, мешанинаzmesmešanicamešavinablandning, mixสิ่งที่ได้จากการผสมkarışım混合сумішجمگھٹاsự hòa hợp混合

2 a collection of ingredients used to make something (a) cake-mix.mengselمَزيج، خَليطсъставкиpřípravek, směsmiks; -miksdie Mischungμείγμαmezclaseguترکیباتseospréparationאַבקָה לְהֲכָנָה מְהִירָהकिसी चीज के निर्माण के लिए अवयवों का संग्रहmješavinakeverékcampuranblandamiscela調合した材料재료, 원료mišinyssagatave; maisījumscampuranbeslagblanding, røremieszankamisturaamestec de mai multe ingredienteсмесьzmessestavinesmesablandning, mixส่วนผสมkarışım, harman調制食品сумішاجزاء ترکیبhỗn hợp调制食品

adj mixed

1 consisting of different kinds I have mixed feelings about leaving home; mixed races; a mixed population.gemengdeمُخْتَلَطпротиворечивsmíšenýblandetgemischtανάμεικτος, ανομοιογενήςvariadosegane, sega-در همsekava, sekalainenmélangé, mêléמְעוֹרָבमिश्र, मिला हुआmiješankevertcampuranblandaðurmisto; confuso混ざった섞인, 복잡한mišrus, įvairus[]jaukts; []maisītscampurangemengdblandet, sammensattmieszanymistoamestecat; contradictoriuсмешанныйzmiešanýmešanmešaniblandadหลากหลายkarışık混合的змішаний; різноріднийمخلوطlẫn lộn混合的

2 done, used etc by people of different sexes mixed tennis.gemengdeمُخْتَلَط، من النَّوْعَيْنсмесен (спорт)smíšenýblandet; fællesgemischtμεικτός, με άτομα και των δύο φύλωνmixtosega-, ühis-مختلطmolempia sukupuolia koskevamixteמְעוֹרָבयुगलmiješanvegyescampuranblandaðurmisto男女混合の남녀 혼합의, 복식의mišrusjauktscampurangemengdfelles-, for både damer og herrermieszanymistomixtсмешанныйzmiešanýmešanmešanimed både damer och herrar, mixedที่ปนเปกันkarma男女混合的змішаний; призначений для осіб обох статейمختلف جنسوں کے افراد کے ذریعہ مشترکہ طور پر انجام دیا جانے والا عملcho cả nam lẫn nữ男女混合的

n ˈmixer

a person or thing that mixes; a thing which is used for mixing an electric food-mixer.mengerخَلّاطَه، جَبّالَهмиксерmixér; míchač(ka)mikser; røremaskineder Mixerμίξερmezcladormikser, segistiمخلوط کنsekoitin, vatkainmélangeurמְעַרבֵּלमिक्सर, मिश्र करने वाला यंत्रmiješačkeverő(gép); (háztartási) robotgéppencampurhrærivél; félagslyndur maðurmiscelatore; frullatoreミキサー믹서, 혼합하는 사람mikseris, maišytuvasmikserispembancuhmixeromgjengelig/sosial person; miksmastermieszadło, miksermisturadormixerтот, кто смешивает;миксерmiešač, miešačkamešalecmikserblandare, mixerเครื่องผสมkarıştırıcı, mikser混合者，攪拌器товариська людина; змішувачپھینٹنے کا آلہngười trộn; máy trộn混合者，搅拌器，混频器

n mixture [ˈmikstʃə]

1 the result of mixing things or people together a mixture of eggs, flour and milk.mengselمَزيج، خَليطсмесицаsměs(ice)blanding; -blandingdie Mischungμείγμαmezclaseguمخلوطsekoitusmélangeתַעֲרוֹבֶתमिश्रण, घोलmješavinakeverékcampuranblandamiscuglio, miscela混合物혼합mišinysmaisījumscampuranmengselrøre, blandingmieszaninamisturaamestecсмесьzmesmešanicasmesablandningส่วนผสมkarışım混合物сумішآمیزہ ، مرکبhỗn hợp混合物

2 a number of things mixed together and used for a given purpose The doctor gave the baby some cough mixture.mengsel, stroopمَزيجнеща обединени от обща целsměsmiksturdie Mixturμείγμαmezcla, preparadomikstuurترکیبmikstuurapréparationתַעֲרוֹבֶתमिश्रणsmjesakeverék; kanalas orvosságcampuranmixtúramistura, sciroppo混合物혼합물mikstūramikstūracampuranmengselmiksturmiksturamisturapoţiuneмикстураzmesmešanicasirupmixtur, medicinปริมาณของสิ่งที่ถูกรวมเข้าด้วยกันและมีจุดประสงค์ไว้เพื่อให้karışım; ... şurubu混合劑мікстураکسی مقصد کے لئے مختلف اجزا کی آمیزشhỗn dược混合剂

3 the act of mixing. mengمَزْج، خَلْطсмесванеmícháníblandingdas Mischenανάμειξη, ανακάτεμαmezclasegamineترکیب کردنsekoitusmélangeעִרבּוּבमिलाने की क्रियाmiješatikeveréspencampuranblöndunmescolanza混ぜること섞기maišymasmaisīšanapercampuranhet mengenblandingmieszaniemisturaamestecareсмешиваниеmiešaniemešanjemešanjeblandning, blandandeการรวมกันkarışma混合змішуванняملانے کا عملviệc trộn lẫn混合

n ˈmix-up

a confused situation etc a mix-up over the concert tickets.misverstandتَشَوُّش، وَضْع مُشَوَّشобъркванеzmatekforvirringdas Durcheinanderμπέρδεμαconfusiónsegadusدر هم وبر همsekaannusconfusionמְבוּלבַּלअसमंजस में पड़नाzbrkazűrzavarkekacauanruglingurconfusione混乱状態혼란nesusipratimasjuceklis; neskaidrībakekeliruanverwarringrot, forvirringzamieszanieconfusãoîncurcătură, hara­baburăпутаницаzmätokzmedazbrkaförväxling, förvirringสถานการณ์สับสนวุ่นวาย (เพราะตัดสินใจหรือทำผิดพลาด)karışıklık混亂плутанина, безладдяگڑبڑtình trạng lộn xộn搞混

be mixed up

to be involved He was mixed up in that burglary / with some drug-takers.deurmekaarمُتَوَرِّطзамесен съмbýt zapleten (do)indblandet iverwickelt sein (in)είμαι αναμεμειγμένοςestar envueltosegatud olemaدرگیر شدنsekaantuaêtre mêlé (à)לִהיוֹת מְעוֹרָבसंलिप्त होनाsmušenostbelekeveredik vmibeterlibatvera flæktur íessere invischiato/implicatoかかわり合いになる말려들다būti įpainiotam, susidėti (su)iejaukts; iepītsterlibatbetrokken bijrote seg opp i, bli innblandet ibyć wplątanymenvolvera fi amestecat înбыть замешанным (в чём-л.)byť zapletený (do)biti vpletenbiti umešanvara inblandad iเกี่ยวข้องกับkarışmak與某事有牽連заплутанийشامل ہوناđược trộn lẫn与某事有牵连

mix up

1 to blend together I need to mix up another tin of paint.mengيَمْزِج، يَخْلُطразбърквамnamíchatopblandezusammenmischenανακατεύωmezclarkokku segamaمخلوط کردنsekoittaamélangerלְעַרבֵּבखिचड़ी, घालमेलpomiješatiösszekevermencampurblanda samanmescolare混ぜ合わす섞다(su)maišytisajauktmencampurkanmengenblande sammen(wy-/roz-/z-)mieszaćmisturarîncurcătură, hara­baburăперемешиватьnamiešaťzamešatiizmešatiblanda []ผสมkarıştırmak拌和змішуватиایک ساتھ ملاناtrộn lên拌和

2 to confuse or muddle I'm always mixing the twins up.verwarيَخْلُط ما بيْن إثْنَيْنбъркамplést siblande sammenverwechselnμπερδεύωconfundirsegi ajamaدر هم کردنsekoittaa toisiinsaconfondreלְבָלבֵּלउलझन, गड़बड़zbrkatiösszetévesztbingungrugla samanconfondere混同する혼동하다painiotisajaukt; saputrotkeliruverwarrenforveksle, blande sammenmylićconfundira confundaперепутатьpliesť sizamenjatipomešatiförväxlaทำให้สับสนkarıştırmak混淆переплутуватиتمیز میں غلطی کرناlàm ai bối rối混淆

3 to confuse or upset You've mixed me up completely with all this information.verwar, deurmekaarmaakيُرْبِك، يُشَوِّشобърквамzmástforvirrevöllig durcheinanderbringenμπερδεύω, αναστατώνω κπ.confundirsegadusse ajamaقاتی کردنhämmentääembrouillerלְבָלבֵּלमिश्रणzbunitiösszezavarmembingungkanrugla, setja úr jafnvægiconfondere混乱させる혼란시키다supainioti, suglumintisajaukt galvu, apmulsinātmengelirukanverwarrenforvirre, være ute av segoszołomić, skonfundowaćbaralhara zăpăciзапутатьzmiasťzmešatizbunitigöra förvirrad, röra till det förทำให้ยุ่งเหยิงşaşırmış搞糊塗заплутуватиغلط فہمی کا شکار ہوناlàm ai phiền lòng搞糊涂