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mix
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
- Homophones: micks, Micks
Alternative forms
- mixe (archaic)
Etymology 1
From Middle English mixen, from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-Germanic *miskijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *mey?-, *mey?- (“to mix”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, misk?n (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misce? (“mix”), Ancient Greek ??????? (mígnumi, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (m?siti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit ????? (mi?ra, “mixed”), Persian ??????? (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English m?sc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.
Verb
mix (third-person singular simple present mixes, present participle mixing, simple past and past participle mixed)
- (transitive) To stir together.
- (transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
- (transitive, intransitive) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, An Advertisement touching an Holy War
- I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, An Advertisement touching an Holy War
- (transitive) To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
- (transitive, music) To combine (several tracks).
- (transitive, music) To produce a finished version of (a recording).
- (transitive, intransitive) To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
Synonyms
- (stir two or more substances together): blend, combine, mingle, intermix, mix together, mix up; See also Thesaurus:mix
- (combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate): mix together, mix up, muddle, muddle up
Derived terms
- bemix
- downmix
- inmix
- mixed
- mixing
- overmix
- undermix
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
A merger of a nominal use of the verb and a borrowing from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of misce? (“mix”). Nowadays regarded automatically as the nominal form of the verb.
Noun
mix (plural mixes)
- The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
- The result of combining items normally kept separate.
- (music) The result of mixing several tracks.
- (music) The finished version of a recording.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- mix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mix in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- IMX, XMI
Catalan
Etymology
Probably from Andalusian Arabic ??? (mašš).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?mi?/
Noun
mix m (plural mixos, feminine mixa)
- (usually repeated) A sound used to call a domestic cat.
- (colloquial) The domestic cat.
Synonyms
- (domestic cat): gat, moix
Further reading
- “mix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mix” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “mix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mí??]
Noun
m?x (inanimate)
- second-person singular possessive singular of ?xtli; (it is) your eye.
- second-person singular possessive plural of ?xtli; (they are) your eyes.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English mix.
Pronunciation
Noun
mix m (plural mixen, diminutive mixje n)
- mix, mixture
- hybrid
Synonyms
- mengeling (1)
- kruising (2)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English mix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miks/
Noun
mix m (plural mix or mixes)
- (music) mix
Related terms
- mixer
- mixeur
German
Pronunciation
Verb
mix
- singular imperative of mixen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of mixen
Spanish
Noun
mix m (plural mix)
- mix
mix From the web:
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- what mixes well with rum
- what mixes well with gin
- what mixes well with crown royal peach
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- what mixes well with crown royal apple
dissolve
English
Etymology
Recorded since c. 1374, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??z?lv/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??z?lv/
- Hyphenation: dis?solve
Verb
dissolve (third-person singular simple present dissolves, present participle dissolving, simple past and past participle dissolved)
- (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
- Antonyms: establish, found
- (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
- (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- Synonyms: melt, formelt
- (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
- (chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
- (chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
- (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
- (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
- Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
- 1776, The Declaration of Independence
- For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
- (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
- (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
- Synonym: fade out
- (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
- (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women
- dissolved the mystery
- Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women
- To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
- 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence, Preface
- [Angels] dissolv'd in hallelujahs lie.
- 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence, Preface
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- melt
Noun
dissolve (plural dissolves)
- (cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
- Synonym: fade out
Translations
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?lve
Verb
dissolve
- third-person singular present indicative of dissolvere
Anagrams
- disvolse
Latin
Verb
dissolve
- second-person singular present active imperative of dissolv?
Portuguese
Verb
dissolve
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of dissolver
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of dissolver
dissolve From the web:
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- what dissolves super glue
- what dissolves ear wax
- what dissolves in water
- what dissolves artery plaque
- what dissolves creosote
- what dissolves calcium deposits in the body
- what dissolves dog poop in the yard
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