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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of mixing together;
- Example: "paste made by a mix of flour and water"
- Example: "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
[syn: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. [1913 Webster] Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. --Hos. vii. 8. [1913 Webster] 3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. [1913 Webster] Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak. [1913 Webster] I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while at college. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mixing n 1: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "mixing": FCC, FM broadcasting, Federal Communications Commission, admixture, alloyage, amalgamation, blending, broadcasting, coalescence, combination, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composition, eclecticism, fade-out, fusion, immixture, integration, interfusion, interlaced scanning, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, merger, mingling, mixture, monitoring, pluralism, radiobroadcasting, scanning, shading, standard broadcasting, switching, syncretism, telecasting, televising, tone control, transmission, vestigial transmission, volume control