mix

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• COUNT in NET: 7 in 7 verses (in OT : 6 in 6 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

mix, v. t. [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. mi`sgein, migny`nai, Skr. miçra 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.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words."  [1913 Webster]
•  To unite with in company; to join; to associate.  [1913 Webster]

  "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people."  [1913 Webster]
•  To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.  [1913 Webster]

  "Hast thou no poison mixed?"  [1913 Webster]

  "I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations."  [1913 Webster]
•  To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while at college.  [PJC]

mix, v. i. 

•  To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.  [1913 Webster]
•  To associate; to mingle; as, Democrats and Republicans mixed freely at the party.  [1913 Webster]

  "He had mixed
  Again in fancied safety with his kind."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mix, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. combine or put together (two or more substances or things) so that the constituents of each are diffused among those of the other(s).
2 tr. prepare (a compound, cocktail, etc.) by combining the ingredients.
3 tr. combine an activity etc. with another simultaneously (mix business and pleasure).
4 intr. a join, be mixed, or combine, esp. readily (oil and water will not mix). b be compatible. c be sociable (must learn to mix).
5 intr. a (foll. by with) (of a person) be harmonious or sociable with; have regular dealings with. b (foll. by in) participate in.
6 tr. drink different kinds of (alcoholic liquor) in close succession.
--n.
1 a the act or an instance of mixing; a mixture. b the proportion of materials etc. in a mixture.
2 colloq. a group of persons of different types (social mix).
3 the ingredients prepared commercially for making a cake etc. or for a process such as making concrete.
4 the merging of film pictures or sound.

Idiom

be mixed up in (or with) be involved in or with (esp. something undesirable). mix in be harmonious or sociable. mix it colloq. start fighting. mix up
1 mix thoroughly.
2 confuse; mistake the identity of. mix-up n. a confusion, misunderstanding, or mistake.

Derivative

mixable adj.

Etymology

back-form. f. MIXED (taken as past part.)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

mix

Mixture

VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.

Disorder

N disorder, derangement, irregularity, anomaly, anarchy, anarchism, want of method, untidiness, disunion, discord, confusion, confusedness, mishmash, mix, disarray, jumble, huddle, litter, lumber, cahotage, farrago, mess, mash, muddle, muss, hash, hodgepodge, hotch-potch, hotch-pot, imbroglio, chaos, omnium gatherum, medley, mere mixture, fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles, complexity, turmoil, ferment, to-do, trouble, pudder, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble, whirlwind, bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors, Bedlam, all hell broke loose, bull in a china shop, all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, Devil to pay, pretty kettle of fish, pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business, disorderly person, disorderly persons offence, misdemeanor, slattern, slut (libertine), disorderly, orderless, out of order, out of place, out of gear, irregular, desultory, anomalous, acephalous, deranged, aimless, disorganized, straggling, unmethodical, immethodical, unsymmetric, unsystematic, untidy, slovenly, dislocated, out of sorts, promiscuous, indiscriminate, chaotic, anarchical, unarranged &c (arrange), confused, deranged, topsy-turvy, shapeless, disjointed, out of joint, troublous, riotous, complex, irregularly, by fits, by fits and snatches, by fits and starts, pellmell, higgledy-piggledy, helter-skelter, harum-scarum, in a ferment, at sixes and sevens, at cross-purposes, upside down, the cart before the horse, hysteron proteron, chaos is come again, the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.

Derangement

VB derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay, discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize, embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble, shuffle, randomize, huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder, muss, break the ranks, disconcert, convulse, break in upon, unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy, bedevil, complicate, involve, perplex, confound, imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, litter, scatter, mix, rearrange.