mix
verb OPAL W
/mɪks/
/mɪks/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they mix | /mɪks/ /mɪks/ |
| he / she / it mixes | /ˈmɪksɪz/ /ˈmɪksɪz/ |
| past simple mixed | /mɪkst/ /mɪkst/ |
| past participle mixed | /mɪkst/ /mɪkst/ |
| -ing form mixing | /ˈmɪksɪŋ/ /ˈmɪksɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] if two or more substances or things mix or you mix them, they combine, usually in a way that means they cannot easily be separated
- Oil and water do not mix.
- mix with something Oil does not mix with water.
- Grief mixed with fear and rage as the people surveyed the ruins of their homes.
- mix A and B (together) Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
- If you mix blue and yellow, you get green.
- mix A with B I don't like to mix business with pleasure (= combine social events with doing business).
- mix A into B Smith often mixed sand into her paint to create a textured surface.
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingb1- His tears were mixing with the warm water.
- Mix yellow with blue to make green.
- The students have tried to mix creativity with a social message.
- In his world view, art and religion were inextricably mixed.
- Leather mixes with velvet and silk as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- thoroughly
- well
- gently
- …
- with
- mix and match
- pick and mix
- [transitive] to prepare something by combining two or more different substances
- mix something With this range of paints, you can mix your own colours.
- Be sure to mix the solution properly .
- mix something for somebody Why don't you mix a cocktail for our guests?
- mix somebody something Why don't you mix our guests a cocktail?
Synonyms mixmix- stir
- mingle
- blend
- mix to combine two or more substances, qualities, ideas or feelings, usually in a way that means they cannot easily be separated; to be combined in this way:
- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
- Oil and water do not mix.
- stir to move a liquid or substance around, using a spoon or something similar, in order to mix it completely:
- She stirred her tea.
- mingle to combine or be combined. Mingle can be used to talk about sounds, colours, feelings, ideas, qualities or substances. It is used in written English to talk about how a scene or event appears to somebody or how they experience it: The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. • He felt a kind of happiness mingled with regret.
- blend to mix two or more substances or flavours together; to be mixed together:
- Blend the flour with the milk to make a smooth paste.
- to mix/mingle/blend (something) with something
- to mix/stir/mingle/blend something into something
- to mix/stir/mingle/blend something together
- to mix/stir/blend ingredients
- to mix/mingle/blend flavours
- to mix/blend colours
- mixed/mingled feelings
- to mix/stir/blend something thoroughly/well/gently
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- thoroughly
- well
- gently
- …
- with
- mix and match
- pick and mix
- [intransitive] if two or more things, people or activities do not mix, they are likely to cause problems or danger if they are combined
- Children and fireworks don't mix.
- These pills won't mix well with alcohol.
- [intransitive] to meet and talk to different people, especially at social events synonym socialize
- We've worked together for years but never mixed socially.
- mix with somebody They don't mix much with the neighbours.
- She mixed happily with the other children.
- I don't really mix with people my own age.
Extra Examples- a child who mixes well at school
- They had attended university together and often mixed socially.
- Tourists have the opportunity to mix with the locals.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- well
- freely
- …
- with
- [transitive] mix something (specialist) to combine different recordings of voices and/or instruments to produce a single piece of music
- Up to eight tracks can be mixed simultaneously.
combine
meet people
music/sounds
Word Originlate Middle English: back-formation from mixed (taken as a past participle).
Idioms
be/get mixed up in something
- to be/become involved in something, especially something illegal or dishonest
- Don't tell me you're mixed up in all of this?
be/get mixed up with somebody
- to be/become friendly with or involved with somebody that other people do not approve of
- He got mixed up with a crowd who were into drugs and crime.
mix and match
- to combine things in different ways for different purposes
- You can mix and match courses to suit your requirements.
- This mix-and-match approach will appeal to a variety of players.
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- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
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- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
mix it (with somebody) (British English)
(North American English mix it up (with somebody))
- (informal) to argue with somebody or cause troubleTopics Opinion and argumentc2
mix it up
- to do something differently from the way it is usually done
- The show has been the same for ten years, so it’s time to mix it up.