mix
mix (mĭks) verb
mixed, mixing, mixes
verb, transitive
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 crossbreed.
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.
verb, intransitive
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 be crossbred.
4. To become involved: In the case of a family argument, it is better for a friend not to mix in.
noun
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 verb.
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 miscēre, to mix.]
mixʹable adjective
Synonyms: mix, blend, mingle, coalesce, merge, amalgamate, fuse. 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, implying only components capable of being combined: mix water and wine; motives that were mixed. Greed and charity don't mix. To blend is to mix intimately and harmoniously so that the components shade into each other, losing some or all of their original definition: blended mocha and java coffee beans; snow-covered mountains blending 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). Coalesce involves a union, often slowly achieved, with a distinct new identity: Indigenous peoples and conquerors gradually coalesced into the present-day population. Merge implies the absorption of one entity into another with resultant homogeneity: Tradition and innovation are merged in this new composition. Twilight merged into night. Amalgamate implies the integration of elements: "The four sentences of the original are amalgamated into two" (William Minto). Fuse emphasizes an enduring union, as that formed by heating metals, strongly marked by the merging of parts: "He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity, that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge).