mix
    n 1: a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients [syn:
         mix, premix]
    2: an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual
       mixture of cultures" [syn: mix, 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: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture,
       intermixture, mixing]
    v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
         [syn: blend, flux, mix, 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, mix] [ant: segregate]
    3: combine (electronic signals); "mixing sounds"
    4: add as an additional element or part; "mix water into the
       drink" [syn: mix, mix in]
    5: to bring or combine together or with something else;
       "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: mix,
       mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate]
    6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the
       cards" [syn: shuffle, ruffle, mix]

Mix \Mix\, v. i.
   1. To become united into a compound; to be blended
      promiscuously together.
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   2. To associate; to mingle; as, Democrats and Republicans
      mixed freely at the party.
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            He had mixed
            Again in fancied safety with his kind. --Byron.
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Mix \Mix\ (m[i^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mixed (m[i^]kst)
   (less properly Mixt); p. pr. & vb. n. Mixing.] [AS.
   miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W.
   mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. mi`sgein,
   migny`nai, Skr. mi[,c]ra 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.
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            Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.
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   2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
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            Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
                                                  --Hos. vii. 8.
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   3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
      of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
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            Hast thou no poison mixed?            --Shak.
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            I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
            civil considerations.                 --Bacon.
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   4. To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or
      implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while
      at college.
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MIX

   Knuth's hypothetical machine, used in The Art of Computer
   Programming v.1, Donald Knuth, A-W 1969.