Mix - English meaning

noun

A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

Usage examples:

An alloy of nickel, bronze, and zinc

verb

Mix (metals) to make an alloy.

Usage examples:

Alloying tin with copper to make bronze

noun

A metal that is made by mixing together two or more metals, or a metal and another substance

noun

A mixture or blend.

Usage examples:

A curious amalgam of the traditional and the modern

noun

A mixture of mercury and another metal, especially one used by dentists to repair teeth

Usage examples:

An amalgam filling, the show was a wonderful amalgam of dance, music, and drama., nearly every new …

noun

A combination of parts that create a complete whole

Usage examples:

The show was a wonderful amalgam of dance, music, and drama., nearly every new parent feels an amal…

verb

Combine or unite to form one organization or structure.

Usage examples:

He amalgamated his company with another

verb

To join together or unite, or to cause to join together

Usage examples:

[ i ] the two towns amalgamated to combine their police and fire protection.

verb

To join or unite to form a larger organization or group, or to make separate organizations do this

Usage examples:

Amalgamate with sth the electricians' union is planning to amalgamate with the technicians' union.,…

noun

The action, process, or result of combining or uniting.

Usage examples:

The threat of amalgamation with another college

noun

The process in which separate organizations unite to form a larger organization or group, or an organization or group formed in this way

Usage examples:

The association was formed by the amalgamation of several regional environmental organizations., th…

noun

An animal of the horse family, which is typically smaller than a horse and has longer ears and a braying call.

Usage examples:

This family, made up of the horses, asses and zebras, contains one genus with nine species.

noun

A person's buttocks or anus.

Usage examples:

Get your ass in here fast

combining form

Used in derogatory terms as an intensifier.

Usage examples:

Smart-ass

verb

Connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.

Usage examples:

I associated wealth with freedom

noun

A partner or companion in business or at work.

Usage examples:

A close associate of the minister

adjective

Connected with an organization or business.

Usage examples:

An associate company

verb

Mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together.

Usage examples:

Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water

noun

A mixture of different substances or other things.

Usage examples:

The chutney is a blend of bananas, raisins, and ginger

noun

Mix together different elements

verb

Make (beer) by soaking, boiling, and fermentation.

Usage examples:

Within five years the company will brew as much beer in china as in australia

noun

A kind of beer.

Usage examples:

Small breweries which are able to offer rare brews

verb

(of tea or coffee) to become stronger in taste in the container in which it is made, or to make a hot drink or beer

Usage examples:

[ t ] he’s working on a new way to brew the perfect cup of coffee., [ i ] i felt that trouble was b…

verb

Move continuously or freely through a closed system or area.

Usage examples:

Antibodies circulate in the bloodstream

verb

To go around or through something, or to make something go around or through something

Usage examples:

Hot water circulates through the heating system., i've circulated a good luck card for everyone to …

verb

To move around at a party, etc., talking to different people

Usage examples:

I try to circulate at a party and not just stay with the friends i came with.

verb

Come together to form one mass or whole.

Usage examples:

The puddles had coalesced into shallow streams

verb

To combine into a single group or thing

Usage examples:

[ i ] the theory is that galaxies coalesced from smaller groupings of stars.

verb

If two or more things coalesce, they come or grow together to form one thing or system.

noun

A temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government.

Usage examples:

A coalition between liberals and conservatives

noun

A group formed of different organizations or people who agree to act together, usually temporarily, to achieve something

Usage examples:

A governing coalition, the national coalition on black voter participation

noun

A group of two or more political parties working together to win an election or govern an area

Usage examples:

Form/build/assemble a coalition with no party having gained overall control in the election, the tw…

noun

The action or process of collecting someone or something.

Usage examples:

The collection of data

noun

Money that people give for a special purpose, a person in need, or an organization

Usage examples:

We’re taking (up) a collection for his retirement gift (= getting money from people who want to giv…

noun

The act or job of taking something away from a place

Usage examples:

We will inform you when your goods are ready for collection., refuse/waste collection which public …

noun

A joining or merging of different parts or qualities in which the component elements are individually distinct.

Usage examples:

A magnificent combination of drama, dance, and music

noun

A mixture obtained when two or more things are combined

Usage examples:

[ c ] green is a combination of blue and yellow., [ c ] a combination of tiredness and boredom made…

noun

A result of two or more things joining together

Usage examples:

A combination of sth and sth a combination of economic slowdown and tax cuts is having a drastic ef…

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

Usage examples:

Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

Usage examples:

One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

Usage examples:

He combined ten acres of linseed

noun

The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.

Usage examples:

The social composition of villages

noun

Something that a person has created or written, esp. a text, a work of art, or a piece of music, or the act of creating or writing something

Usage examples:

[ c ] a composition for piano and flute, [ c ] in school we had to write a composition (= short pie…

noun

The way in which the parts of something are arranged

Usage examples:

The composition of sth the company said it plans to change the composition of its board of director…

noun

A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.

Usage examples:

The air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes

adjective

Made up or consisting of several parts or elements.

Usage examples:

A compound noun

verb

Make up (a composite whole); constitute.

Usage examples:

A dialect compounded of spanish and dutch

noun

A mixture of various ingredients or elements.

Usage examples:

The facade is a strange concoction of northern mannerism and italian baroque

noun

Something put together from several different things

Usage examples:

She drinks this herbal concoction.

noun

The result or process of concocting something

noun

A wife, husband, or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch.

Usage examples:

Queen victoria and her consort, prince albert

verb

Habitually associate with (someone), typically with the disapproval of others.

Usage examples:

You chose to consort with the enemy

noun

A small group of musicians performing together, typically playing instrumental music of the renaissance period.

Usage examples:

A consort of viols

noun

A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).

Usage examples:

Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

noun

The state of being diverse; variety.

Usage examples:

There was considerable diversity in the style of the reports

noun

The condition or fact of being different or varied; variety

Usage examples:

Genetic/biological diversity, a wide diversity of opinion/ideas

noun

The fact of there being people of many different groups in society, within an organization, etc.

Usage examples:

Cultural/ethnic diversity, we are an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity in the wor…

verb

Associate or form a friendship with someone, especially when one is not supposed to.

Usage examples:

She ignored elisabeth's warning glare against fraternizing with the enemy

verb

To meet socially with someone who belongs to a different or opposing group

Usage examples:

The soldiers were told not to fraternize with any of the local people.

verb

To meet someone socially, especially someone who belongs to an opposing army or team, or has a different social position

Usage examples:

Fraternize with do the doctors fraternize much with the nurses here?, the soldiers were accused of …

verb

Join or blend to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

Intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit

noun

A safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level.

Usage examples:

If the demand for electrical current exceeds the safety level, a fuse opens once and must be replac…

verb

Fit a fuse to (a bomb, shell, or mine).

Usage examples:

The bomb was fused to go off during a charity performance

noun

The process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

The election results produced pressure for fusion of the parties

noun

Fusion is also the technique of joining atoms in a reaction that produces energy

Usage examples:

[ u ] nuclear fusion

noun

An occasion when two or more things join or are combined

Usage examples:

Nuclear fusion, their music is described as "an explosive fusion of latin american and modern jazz …

phrasal verb

To wait at a place, or to stay near a place or person, often for no particular reason

Usage examples:

We were just hanging around the mall., she hangs around with some tough kids.

phrasal verb

To move or do things slowly

Usage examples:

Go and pack but don't hang around - we have to go in an hour.

phrasal verb

To wait or spend time somewhere, usually for no particular reason

Usage examples:

I spent most of my youth hanging around the bars of dublin., i thought i'd hang around for a while …

verb

Subject (milk) to a process in which the fat droplets are emulsified and the cream does not separate.

Usage examples:

The milk is pasteurized and homogenized

verb

To treat milk so that the cream is mixed into other parts of the liquid

Usage examples:

The dairy industry homogenizes milk to prevent the cream from rising., tv has homogenized the cultu…

verb

To change something so that all its parts or features become the same or very similar

Usage examples:

Tv has homogenized the culture and language of large parts of the planet.

noun

A thing made by combining two different elements.

Usage examples:

Jungle is a hybrid of reggae and house music

adjective

The offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule.

Usage examples:

The bird was a hybrid of a goose and a swan

noun

A plant or animal that has been produced from two different types of plant or animal

Usage examples:

The architecture is a hybrid of classical and modern styles., us automakers are wrestling with how …

verb

Take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include.

Usage examples:

He has incorporated in his proposals a number of measures

adjective

Another term for incorporated.

verb

To include something as part of something larger

Usage examples:

Be incorporated into/in suggestions from the survey have been incorporated into/in the final design…

verb

Mix or mingle together.

Usage examples:

Daisies intermingled with huge expanses of gorse and foxgloves

verb

To become mixed together

Usage examples:

The spices intermingle to produce an unusual flavor.

verb

Mix together.

Usage examples:

The ore had to be handled so that it was not inadvertently intermixed with other material

verb

To combine two or more different things, or to be combined

Usage examples:

The text intermixes fictional accounts of daily events with short factual essays., the tumour cells…

noun

A combination of two or more different things

Usage examples:

The intermix of politics, ethnicity, and race in massachusetts is more complex today than ever., an…

verb

Weave or become woven together.

Usage examples:

The rugs are made by tightly interweaving the strands

verb

To put together or combine two or more things so that they cannot be separated easily

Usage examples:

The author skillfully interweaves fiction and history in her novel.

verb

To twist together or combine two or more things so that they cannot be separated easily

Usage examples:

She has created an intriguing story by skilfully interweaving fictional and historical events.

verb

Link; connect.

Usage examples:

The tap was joined to a pipe

noun

A place or line where two or more things are connected or fastened together.

Usage examples:

It was soldered so well that you couldn't see the join

verb

To connect or fasten things together

Usage examples:

A long suspension bridge joins the two islands., join the two pieces together using strong glue., t…

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

A confused mixture or mass of things

Usage examples:

A jumble of papers on the desk, the events of the last few weeks are all jumbled up in my mind.

phrasal verb

Travel without a specific purpose.

Usage examples:

For a couple of years she and i knocked around the mediterranean

phrasal verb

Injure or damage someone or something by rough treatment.

Usage examples:

The first couple of rounds of treatment knocked me around a bit

phrasal verb

To spend time relaxing and doing very little

Usage examples:

I spent the weekend just knocking around the house., i used to knock around with him at school., i'…

verb

Join in marriage.

Usage examples:

I was married in church

exclamation

Expressing surprise, indignation, or emphatic assertion.

Usage examples:

Marry he doth consider, that by the king's majesty, with all your advices and the consent of the no…

verb

To become the legally accepted husband or wife of someone in an official or religious ceremony

Usage examples:

[ t ] he married lori, his girlfriend from high school., [ t ] judge wilcox married us at city hall.

noun

A varied mixture of people or things.

Usage examples:

An interesting medley of flavours

adjective

Mixed; motley.

Usage examples:

A medley range of vague and variable impressions

verb

Make a medley of; intermix.

Usage examples:

The medlied establishments of the native chiefs

verb

Arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone).

Usage examples:

A week later i met him in the street

noun

A gathering of riders and hounds before a hunt begins.

Usage examples:

She fell from her horse during a weekend meet

adjective

Suitable or proper.

Usage examples:

It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour

noun

A varied mixture.

Usage examples:

A melange of tender vegetables and herbs

noun

A mixture, or a group of different things or people

Usage examples:

Her book presents an interesting mélange of ideas., the dessert was described as "a mélange of summ…

verb

Blend; combine.

Usage examples:

Australia's winemakers have melded modern science with traditional art

noun

A thing formed by melding; a combination.

Usage examples:

A meld of many contributions

noun

A completed set or run of cards in rummy, canasta, and other card games.

Usage examples:

His meld was poor and he lost

verb

Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

The merchant bank merged with another broker

verb

To combine or join together

Usage examples:

[ i ] route 9a splits off from route 9, but they merge after 5 more miles.

verb

To join together, or to be joined together, to make a larger company, organization, department, etc.

Usage examples:

The two banks denied rumours that they aim to merge., the cable company announced plans to merge it…

noun

A combination of two things, especially companies, into one.

Usage examples:

A merger between two supermarket chains

noun

The combining of two or more companies or organizations into one

noun

A situation when two or more companies, organizations, departments, etc. join together

Usage examples:

The boards finally approved the merger between the two energy groups., merger of two companies, etc…

noun

Material made of a network of wire or thread.

Usage examples:

Mesh for fishing nets

verb

(of the teeth of a gearwheel) be engaged with another gearwheel.

Usage examples:

One gear meshes with the input gear

noun

A material loosely woven of wire, plastic, or thread so that it has spaces in it like a net

Usage examples:

Pour the liquid through a strainer of fine mesh., [ i ] the teeth of the smaller and larger gears m…

verb

Mix or cause to mix together.

Usage examples:

The sound of voices mingled with a scraping of chairs

verb

Bring or combine together or with something else

verb

To mix with; combine

Usage examples:

[ t ] her excitement at starting the new job was mingled with fear., he seems to be mingling with t…

verb

Mix or cause to mix together.

Usage examples:

The sound of voices mingled with a scraping of chairs

noun

A substance made by mixing other substances together.

Usage examples:

Form the mixture into a manageable dough

noun

A combination of substances resulting from mixing them together so that they cannot be easily separated

Usage examples:

It’s a highly explosive mixture and has to be handled carefully., good fashion designers often rely…

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

noun

The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.

Usage examples:

Such men decided the selection of candidates

noun

The act of choosing, or the person or thing chosen

Usage examples:

[ c ] they performed a mix of old hits and selections from their new cd., [ c ] that bookstore has …

noun

The process of choosing someone or something from a group of people or things after careful thought

Usage examples:

The selection of sth/sb it is alleged that he tried to improperly influence the selection of a part…

verb

Partcipate in social activities; mix socially with others.

Usage examples:

He didn't mind socializing with his staff

verb

To spend time with other people for pleasure

Usage examples:

Although he works a lot, manny still finds time to socialize with friends.

verb

Move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly.

Usage examples:

Desmond stirred his tea and ate a biscuit

noun

A slight physical movement.

Usage examples:

I stood, straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir

noun

Prison.

Usage examples:

I've spent twenty-eight years in stir

verb

Make or become united, uniform, or whole.

Usage examples:

Opposition groups struggling to unify around the goal of replacing the regime

verb

Join or combine

noun

The action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context.

Usage examples:

He was opposed to closer political or economic union with europe

noun

The act or the state of being joined together

noun

An organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights and may agree pay, working conditions, etc. with their employers

Usage examples:

"no date has yet been set for a strike, the union said in a statement to the press this morning., t…

verb

Come or bring together for a common purpose or action.

Usage examples:

He called on the party to unite

verb

Join or combine

verb

To bring different groups or things together to become one, or to join together to become one

Usage examples:

[ i ] the thirteen american colonies united to form a new nation.