Dictionary Definition
mix
Noun
1 a commercially prepared mixture of dry
ingredients [syn: premix]
2 an event that combines things in a mixture; "a
gradual mixture of cultures" [syn: mixture]
3 the act of mixing together; "paste made by a
mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the
recording studio" [syn: commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]
Verb
1 mix together different elements; "The colors
blend well" [syn: blend,
flux, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
2 open (a place) to members of all races and
ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated" [syn:
desegregate,
integrate] [ant:
segregate]
3 to bring or combine together or with something
else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate]
4 as of electronic signals; "mixing sounds"
5 add as an additional element or part; "mix
water into the drink" [syn: mix in]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From mixtus, perfect participle of misceo.Pronunciation
- /ˈmɪks/, /"mIks/
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- Rhymes with: -ɪks
Verb
- To stir two or more substances together.
- Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.
- To combine items from two or more sources normally kept
separate.
- Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.
- To combine several tracks.
- I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.
- To produce a finished version of a recording.
- I'm almost done mixing this song.
Synonyms
Translations
stir two or more substances together
- Arabic:
- Bulgarian: забърквам, разбърквам
- Chinese: 混合 (hùnhé)
- Czech: míchat
- Danish: blande, mikse, røre
- Dutch: mengen
- Finnish: sekoittaa
- French: mélanger
- German: mischen, vermischen, vermengen, mixen
- Greek: αναμιγνύω
- Hungarian: kever
- Italian: mischiare, mixare, mescolare
- Japanese: まぜる
- Korean: 석다 (soekda)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: misceo
- Old English: mengan
- Portuguese: misturar
- Romanian: mesteca
- Russian: смешивать (sméšivat’)
- Sanskrit: mih (to pour), miks (to mix)
- Spanish: mezclar
- Swedish: blanda
combine items from two or more sources normally
kept separate
- Bulgarian: смесвам, съчетавам, комбинирам
- Danish: blande
music: combine several tracks
music: produce a finished version of a recording
- Danish: mikse
Noun
- The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
- Now add the raisins to the mix.
- The result of combining items normally kept separate.
- My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.
- The result of mixing several tracks.
- The rhythm mix sounds muddy.
- The finished version of a recording.
- I've almost finished the mix for this song.
Translations
result of mixing two or more substances
- Danish: blanding
- French: mélange
- German: Mischung
result of combining items normally kept separate
- Danish: blanding
music: result of mixing several tracks
music: finished version of a recording
Derived terms
- dance mix
- dub mix
- into the mix
- mix and match
- mixed
- mixer
- mix up
- mix-up, mixup
- pick 'n' mix
- remix
- megamix
Catalan
See also
Extensive Definition
Mix, mixture or mixing may refer to:
Science and mathematics
- Mixing (mathematics), a concept in ergodic theory
- Mixing (physics), a descriptive condition of a dynamical system
- Mixture (probability), a set of probability distributions often used for statistical classification
- Mixing (process engineering), a unit operation for manipulating physical systems
- Mixture, a kind of chemical substance
- Crossbreeding, also called mixing, a genetic concept
Music and radio
- Mix (Stellar* album)
- MIX (XM), a channel on XM satellite radio
- Mix FM, a radio format and station name used by many different radio stations
- Mixture (music), part of a pipe organ
- Mix tape, a compilation of songs or tracks
- Audio mixing, the process of combining and balancing multiple sound sources
- Remix, a variation of a song
- DJ mix, a sequence of musical tracks mixed together to appear as one continuous track
- Mix (magazine), a periodical for the professional recording and sound production technology industry
Other
- MIX, a mythical computer used in the textbook The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth
- MIX (café), a juice and smoothie café chain based in Hong Kong
- MIX (Microsoft), an annual conference
- MIX NYC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to queer experimental film
- Tom Mix, an American film actor
- Malta Internet Exchange, an Internet backbone for the country of Malta
See also
- Track This Mix!
- Mixer (disambiguation page)
- "Mixy" or "myxy" is slang for the rabbit disease myxomatosis.
mix in German: Mix
mix in Esperanto: MIX
mix in French: Mix
mix in Italian: MIX
mix in Dutch: Mix
mix in Japanese: ミックス
mix in Polish: Mix
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
add,
admix, admixture, all sorts, alloy, amalgam, amalgamate, amalgamation, assemblage, assemble, assimilate, associate, associate with,
assort with, assortment, bemingle, bind, blend, blur, blur distinctions, braid, brew, broad spectrum, build, build up, chum, chum together, chum with,
clique, clique with, club
together, clutch,
coalesce, combine, come together, commingle, commix, commixture, complication, compose, compound, comprise, concoct, confound, confuse, conglomerate, conglomeration, conjoin, connect, consist of, consolidate, consort with,
constitute, construct, crunch, decoct, disarrange, disarray, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, embarrassing position,
embarrassment,
embody, emulsify, encompass, enter into,
fabricate, fellowship, fine
how-do-you-do, fix up, flock together, flux, form, fraternize, fuse, fusion, gallimaufry, get up, go
into, hang around with, hang out with, hash, hell to pay, herd together,
hobble, hobnob with,
hodgepodge, homogenize, hot water,
hotchpot, hotchpotch, how-do-you-do,
imbroglio, immingle, immix, immixture, include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, interfusion, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, intermixture, intertwine, interweave, jam, join, join in fellowship, jumble, jumble together, keep
company with, knead,
link, lump, lump together, magpie, make, make one, make up, mash, medley, melange, meld, melt into one, merge, merge in, mess, mess up, mingle, mingle with,
mingle-mangle, miscellany, misdeem, mishmash, misidentify, mix up, mix
with, mixed bag, mixture, morass, muddle, muss up, odds and ends,
olio, olla podrida,
omnium-gatherum, organize, overlook
distinctions, pal, pal up
with, pal with, parlous straits, pass, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, pickle, piece together, pinch, plight, potpourri, predicament, pretty pass,
pretty pickle, pretty predicament, put together, quagmire, quicksand, reembody, roll into one, run in
couples, run with, salad,
salmagundi, sauce, scramble, scrape, shade into, shuffle, slough, solidify, sort with, spot, squeeze, stew, sticky wicket, stir up,
strait, straits, structure, swamp, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, take up with,
throw together, tie up with, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, toss together,
tricky spot, tumble,
unholy mess, unify,
unite, unite in, what you
will, work, work
in