MIXING

mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing

(noun) the act of mixing together; “paste made by a mix of flour and water”; “the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

mixing

present participle of mix

Noun

mixing (plural mixings)

The act, or the result of making a mixture.

No two mixings of these paints are ever the same.

Source: Wiktionary


MIX

Mix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mixed (less properly Mixt); p. pr. & vb. n. Mixing.] Etym: [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. miçra mixed. The English word has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. miscere. Cf. Admix, Mash to bruise, Meddle.]

1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines. Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. Shak.

2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. Hos. vii. 8.

3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. Hast thou no poison mixed Shak. I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. Bacon.

Mix, v. i.

1. To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.

2. To associate; to mingle. He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind. Byron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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