mix

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of mixing together

   paste made by a mix of flour and water

2. 2
   noun

   an event that combines things in a mixture

   a gradual mixture of cultures

3. 3
   verb

   add as an additional element or part

   mix water into the drink

4. 4
   verb

   combine (electronic signals)

   mixing sounds

5. 5
   verb

   To stir together.

   Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.

6. 6
   verb

   To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

   to mix business with pleasure

7. 7
   verb

   To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.

   Yellow and blue paint mix to make green.

8. 8
   verb

   To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).

   Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.

Etymology

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 (“…