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mix

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪks/

The English word “mix” has 13 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To stir together.
  2. To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
  3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
  4. To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
  5. To combine (several tracks).
  6. To produce a finished version of (a recording).
  7. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.

noun

  1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
  2. The result of combining items normally kept separate.
  3. A preparation, usually in the form of a powder, into which other ingredients can be mixed to prepare a specified foodstuff.
  4. The result of mixing several tracks.
  5. The finished version of a recording.
  6. A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug.

Etymology

From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High…

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