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. 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. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. Hos. vii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hast thou no poison mixed? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while at college. [ PJC ]

a. Capable of being mixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. --
Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle. --
Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin. --
Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant. --
Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together. --
Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. --
Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a mixed or mingled manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. mixen, myxen, fr. meohx, meox, dung, filth; akin to E. mist. See Mist. ] A compost heap; a dunghill. Chaucer. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, mixes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who has social intercourse with others of many sorts; a person viewed as to his casual sociability; -- commonly used with some characterizing adjective; as, a good mixer; a bad mixer. [ Colloq. or Slang, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a social gathering, game, or dance organized to provide an opportunity for people to meet each other; as, on the first night of the conference they had a wine-and-cheese mixer. [ PJC ]

4. a nonalcoholic beverage (such as fruit juice, club soda or ginger ale) added to an alcoholic beverage to produce a mixed drink. [ PJC ]

5. any device used for mixing. [ PJC ]

6. an electronic device for blending or manipulating sounds from different sources to produce a composite soundtrack, for an audio recording, video recording, or a movie. [ PJC ]

7. The technician who operates a mixer{ 6 }. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a mixing + &unr_; marriage. ] (Zool.) Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_; a mixing + E. Lydian. ] (Mus.) The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G. [ 1913 Webster ]