mix
Pronunciation: (miks), [key]
— v., n. mixed mixt, mix•ing,
—v.t.
- to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- to put together indiscriminately or confusedly (often fol. by up).
- to combine, unite, or join: to mix business and pleasure.
- to add as an element or ingredient: Mix some salt into the flour.
- to form or make by combining ingredients: to mix a cake; to mix mortar.
- to crossbreed.
- to mix dialogue and sound effects.
- to combine, blend, edit, etc. (the various components of a soundtrack):to mix dialogue and sound effects.
- to complete the mixing process on (a film, soundtrack, etc.):an important movie that took months to mix.
- to combine (two or more separate recordings or microphone signals) to make a single recording or composite signal.
—v.i.
- to become mixed: a paint that mixes easily with water.
- to associate or mingle, as in company: to mix with the other guests at a party.
- to be crossbred, or of mixed breeding.
- to exchange blows vigorously and aggressively: The crowd jeered as the fighters clinched, refusing to mix.
- to mix the tracks of an existing recording to make a new recording with fewer tracks: the four-track tape was mixed down to stereo.
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- to engage in a quarrel.
- to fight with the fists. Also,mix it.
- The teacher was always mixing up the twins.
- to confuse completely, esp. to mistake one person or thing for another:The teacher was always mixing up the twins.
- to involve or entangle.
—n.
- an act or instance of mixing.
- the result of mixing; mixture: cement mix; an odd mix of gaiety and sadness.
- a commercially prepared blend of ingredients to which usually only a liquid must be added to make up the total of ingredients necessary or obtain the desired consistency: a cake mix; muffin mix.
- mixer (def. 4).
- the proportion of ingredients in a mixture; formula: a mix of two to one.
- a mess or muddle; mix-up.
- an electronic blending of tracks or sounds made to produce a recording.
Mix
Pronunciation: (miks), [key]
- (Tom), 1880–1940, U.S. film actor in westerns.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.