MIX


Meaning of MIX in English

(~es, ~ing, ~ed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If two substances ~ or if you ~ one substance with another, you stir or shake them together, or combine them in some other way, so that they become a single substance.

Oil and water don’t ~...

It ~es easily with cold or hot water to make a tasty, filling drink...

A quick stir will ~ them thoroughly...

Mix the cinnamon with the rest of the sugar...

Mix the ingredients together slowly.

V-RECIP: pl-n V, V with n, V pl-n, V n with n, V n with adv

~ing

This final part of the ~ing is done slowly and delicately.

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2.

If you ~ something, you prepare it by ~ing other things together.

He had spent several hours ~ing cement...

Are you sure I can’t ~ you a drink?

VERB: V n, V n n

3.

A ~ is a powder containing all the substances that you need in order to make something such as a cake or a sauce. When you want to use it, you add liquid.

For speed we used packets of pizza dough ~...

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4.

A ~ of different things or people is two or more of them together.

The story is a magical ~ of fantasy and reality...

We get a very representative ~ of people.

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5.

If two things or activities do not ~ or if one thing does not ~ with another, it is not a good idea to have them or do them together, because the result would be unpleasant or dangerous.

Politics and sport don’t ~.

...some of these pills that don’t ~ with drink...

Ted managed to ~ business with pleasure...

The military has accused the clergy of ~ing religion and politics.

V-RECIP: usu with brd-neg, pl-n V, V with n, V n with n, V pl-n

6.

If you ~ with other people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that people ~.

I ventured the idea that the secret of staying young was to ~ with older people...

People are supposed to ~, do you understand?...

When you came away you made a definite effort to ~.

= socialize

V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V, V (non-recip)

7.

When a record producer ~es a piece of music, he or she puts together the various sounds that have been recorded in order to make the finished record.

They’ve been ~ing tracks for a new album due out later this year.

VERB: V n

~ing

Final ~ing should be completed by the end of this week.

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8.

to ~ your metaphors: see metaphor

see also ~ed , cake ~

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