mix

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To combine two or more things so they become one.

   Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until smooth.

2. 2
   verb

   To add one thing to another and stir or shake them together.

   Mix some water into the drink to make it less sweet.

3. 3
   noun

   A combination of different things.

   The class was an interesting mix of people from many countries.

Common collocations

• mixed feelings Adjective + noun

From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-Germanic *miskijaną, 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 German miskian, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“…

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