mixed
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/mɪkst/
English
Definitions
verb
- To stir together.“Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.”
- To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).“Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.”
- To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.“Yellow and blue paint mix to make green.”
- To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).“Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.”
adjective
- Having two or more separate aspects.“I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.”
- Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.“My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.”
- Including both male(s) and female(s).“My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.”
- Stemming from two or more races or breeds“Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed”
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Synonyms
mix togethermix upmuddlemuddle upblendcombineintermixmingleambivalentconflictedequivocalheterogeneousco-edunsegregatedimpurehybridmongrelblended