The meaning of Mixed

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

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.,…

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

adjective

Of various sorts put together; miscellaneous.

Usage examples:

Bowls in assorted colours

verb

(of genes or characteristics) become distributed among cells or progeny.

Usage examples:

Banding on the shell assorts independently of colour

adjective

Consisting of various types mixed together

Usage examples:

A box of assorted chocolates

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

Move continuously or freely through a closed system or area.

Usage examples:

Antibodies circulate in the bloodstream

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

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

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.

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A compound noun

verb

Make up (a composite whole); constitute.

Usage examples:

A dialect compounded of spanish and dutch

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

adjective

Not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality.

Usage examples:

You can play this game in different ways

adjective

Not the same

Usage examples:

Monet and other impressionists painted the same scene at different times of day to discover how the…

adjective

Not the same as each other; dissimilar.

Usage examples:

Widely differing circumstances

verb

Be unlike or dissimilar.

Usage examples:

The second set of data differed from the first

verb

Present participle of differ

Usage examples:

The twins look alike, but they differ in temperament., his views differ considerably from those of …

adjective

Essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.

Usage examples:

They inhabit disparate worlds of thought

noun

Things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.

Usage examples:

The second class of disparates have more to do with the particular foibles of the aperture involved.

adjective

Different in every way

Usage examples:

German newspapers have carried reports of sightings in such disparate places as switzerland, iran, …

adjective

Showing a great deal of variety; very different.

Usage examples:

Subjects as diverse as architecture, language teaching, and the physical sciences

adjective

Varied or different

Usage examples:

Lowell, massachusetts, is noted for its diverse ethnic communities, among them french-canadians, en…

verb

Make or become more diverse or varied.

Usage examples:

The trilobites diversified into a great number of species

adjective

Including a range of different types of products, investments, etc. in order to reduce risk or increase the chances of success

Usage examples:

The organization needs to cover its operating costs from diversified funding sources; it can not re…

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

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

abbreviation

(in measuring the height of horses) hand(s).

Usage examples:

Pinto pony gelding—quiet, 13.3 h, great with kids

noun

The eighth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. it is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.

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 …

adjective

Lacking any obvious principle of organization.

Usage examples:

The music business works in a haphazard fashion

adjective

Lacking order or purpose; not planned

Usage examples:

Haphazard record-keeping made it difficult for the agency to keep track of its clients.

adjective

Diverse in character or content.

Usage examples:

A large and heterogeneous collection

adjective

Consisting of different parts or types

Usage examples:

With many ethnic groups represented, the student body is very heterogeneous.

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

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.

abbreviation

Interior.

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

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

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

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.

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Past simple and past participle of jumble

Usage examples:

Her clothes were all jumbled up/together in the suitcase.

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.

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

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

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…

adjective

(of items or people gathered or considered together) of various types or from different sources.

Usage examples:

He picked up the miscellaneous papers in his in tray

adjective

Incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate.

Usage examples:

A motley crew of discontents and zealots

noun

An incongruous mixture.

Usage examples:

A motley of interacting interest groups

adjective

Consisting of many different types, parts, or colors that do not seem to belong together

Usage examples:

A motley crew of educators and students gathered at the seminar.

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

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

adjective

Of various kinds; several.

Usage examples:

Prawn and garlic vol-au-vents and sundry other delicacies

noun

Various items not important enough to be mentioned individually.

Usage examples:

A drugstore selling magazines, newspapers, and sundries

adjective

Several and different types of; various

Usage examples:

Diaz is surrounded by sundry laboratory equipment.

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

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.

adjective

Incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety.

Usage examples:

The phenomena were very varied

verb

Differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class.

Usage examples:

The properties vary in price

adjective

Having or showing many different types, or changing often

Usage examples:

The varied symptoms included severe muscle pain, headaches, and dizziness.

adjective

Exhibiting different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks.

Usage examples:

Variegated yellow bricks

verb

Alter in appearance, especially by adding different colours.

Usage examples:

The designer can variegate the object's colour and physical character as needed

adjective

Having a pattern of different colours or marks

Usage examples:

Variegated leaves, a variegated plant