INTERMIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intermix mean? 

• INTERMIX (verb)
  The verb INTERMIX has 1 sense:

1. combine into one

  Familiarity information: INTERMIX used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERMIX (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they intermix    ... he / she / it intermixes   
Past simple: intermixed   
Past participle: intermixed   
-ing form: intermixing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Combine into one

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

blend; immingle; intermingle; intermix

Context example:

We don't intermingle much

Hypernyms (to "intermix" is one way to...):

amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify (to bring or combine together or with something else)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intermix"):

commingle (mix or blend)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

intermixture (the act of mixing together)

intermixture (an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base)

 Context examples 

A rare type of hepatocellular carcinoma characterized by the presence of pleomorphic malignant cells that are intermixed with lymphocytes.

(Lymphoepithelioma-Like Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This genetic structure promotes long-term evolution of new species by reducing intermixing with others.

(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)

It may be intermixed with the vestibulocochlear nerve and may adhere to adjacent structures.

(Inner Ear Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

There are two histologic subtypes identified: ganglioneuroblastoma, intermixed and ganglioneuroblastoma, nodular.

(Ganglioneuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

I looked towards its completion with a tremulous and eager hope, which I dared not trust myself to question but which was intermixed with obscure forebodings of evil that made my heart sicken in my bosom.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)