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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mix mean? 

• MIX (noun)
  The noun MIX has 3 senses:

1. a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients

2. an event that combines things in a mixture

3. the act of mixing together

  Familiarity information: MIX used as a noun is uncommon.

• MIX (verb)
  The verb MIX has 6 senses:

1. mix together different elements

2. open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups

3. combine (electronic signals)

4. add as an additional element or part

5. to bring or combine together or with something else

6. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

  Familiarity information: MIX used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

mix; premix

Hypernyms ("mix" is a kind of...):

concoction; intermixture; mixture (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mix"):

ready-mix (a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish)

self-raising flour; self-rising flour (a commercially prepared mixture of flour and salt and a leavening agent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An event that combines things in a mixture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

mix; mixture

Context example:

a gradual mixture of cultures

Hypernyms ("mix" is a kind of...):

combine; combining (an occurrence that results in things being united)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mix"):

blend (an occurrence of thorough mixing)

concoction (an occurrence of an unusual mixture)

Derivation:

mix (add as an additional element or part)

mix (mix together different elements)

mix (combine (electronic signals))

mix (mix so as to make a random order or arrangement)

mix (to bring or combine together or with something else)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of mixing together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

admixture; commixture; intermixture; mix; mixing; mixture

Context example:

the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio

Hypernyms ("mix" is a kind of...):

combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)

Derivation:

mix (mix together different elements)

mix (add as an additional element or part)

mix (to bring or combine together or with something else)

mix (mix so as to make a random order or arrangement)

mix (combine (electronic signals))

• MIX (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mix    ... he / she / it mixes   
Past simple: mixed   
Past participle: mixed   
-ing form: mixing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mix together different elements

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix

Context example:

The colors blend well

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

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

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

conjugate (unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds)

syncretise; syncretize (become fused)

alloy (make an alloy of)

admix (mix or blend)

accrete (grow together (of plants and organs))

blend in; mix in (cause (something) to be mixed with (something else))

meld; melt (lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually)

absorb (cause to become one with)

gauge (mix in specific proportions)

Sentence frames:

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Also:

mix up (cause to be perplexed or confounded)

Derivation:

mix (the act of mixing together)

mixable ((chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed)

mixer (a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods)

mixture (the act of mixing together)

mixture (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients)

mixture (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things)

mixture ((chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding))

mix (an event that combines things in a mixture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

desegregate; integrate; mix

Context example:

This school is completely desegregated

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Combine (electronic signals)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

mixing sounds

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

combine; compound (put or add together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mixable ((chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed)

mixing (the act of mixing together)

mixer (electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal)

mix (an event that combines things in a mixture)

mix (the act of mixing together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Add as an additional element or part

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

mix; mix in

Context example:

mix water into the drink

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

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

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

dash (add an enlivening or altering element to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mix (the act of mixing together)

mix (an event that combines things in a mixture)

mixable ((chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed)

mixing; mixture (the act of mixing together)

mixture (an event that combines things in a mixture)

Sense 5

Meaning:

To bring or combine together or with something else

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify

Context example:

resourcefully he mingled music and dance

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

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

aggregate; combine (gather in a mass, sum, or whole)

concoct (make a concoction (of) by mixing)

combine; compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)

blend; immingle; intermingle; intermix (combine into one)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

mix (the act of mixing together)

mix (an event that combines things in a mixture)

mixing; mixture (the act of mixing together)

mixture (an event that combines things in a mixture)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mix; ruffle; shuffle

Context example:

shuffle the cards

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

manipulate (hold something in one's hands and move it)

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

reshuffle (shuffle again)

riffle (shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix)

cut (divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mix (the act of mixing together)

mix (an event that combines things in a mixture)

 Context examples 

The second study investigated how factors including mate preference act to prevent genetic mixing between the same two species of butterfly.

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

Mixed; being composed of a combination of normal and tumor cells.

(Mixed (Normal and Tumor), NCI Thesaurus)

This January 10 eclipse is mixed in outlook.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There’s enough trouble with the folk of this world, Boy Jim, without going out of your way to mix up with those of another.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To join, combine, or mix together.

(Merge, NCI Thesaurus)

My mother knows old Mr. Laurence, but says he's very proud and doesn't like to mix with his neighbors.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A measurement of the mixed (the cast contains a mixture of cell types) casts present in a biological specimen.

(Mixed Cast Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Well, it may have got mixed with them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The determination of the number of mixed casts present in a urine sample.

(Mixed Cast Count, NCI Thesaurus)

They found 101 samples positive for Bacillus, primarily B. subtilis — the type found mixed with other bacteria in many probiotic products.

(Study finds probiotic Bacillus eliminates Staphylococcus bacteria, National Institutes of Health)