mixing

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.

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[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.]

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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).

Thesaurus

Noun

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mixing - the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" commixture, intermixture, mix, admixture, mixture compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole