different between mixed vs variegated
mixed
English
Etymology
From mix, equivalent to mix +? -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?kst/
- Rhymes: -?kst
Verb
mixed
- simple past tense and past participle of mix
Adjective
mixed (comparative more mixed, superlative most mixed)
- 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).
- The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
- My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
- Stemming from two or more races or breeds
- The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
- Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed
Synonyms
- (having two or more separate aspects): heterogeneous (See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous); (feelings) ambivalent, conflicted, equivocal
- (not pure): impure
- (including both males and females): co-ed, unsegregated
- (stemming from two or more races or breeds): hybrid, mongrel
Antonyms
- (having two or more separate aspects): homogeneous, unmixed; See also Thesaurus:homogeneous
- (not pure): pure
- (including both males and females): single-sex
- (stemming from two or more races or breeds): pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred
Derived terms
Related terms
- mixer
- mixture
Translations
Anagrams
- demix
mixed From the web:
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- what mixed number is equivalent to 13.7
- what mixed colors make brown
- what mixed number is 3/8 of 100
- what mixed number is equal to 6/4
- what mixed drink has the most alcohol
- what mixed number is 2/3 of 20
- what mixed colors make black
variegated
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: vâr???g?'t?d, IPA(key): /?ve??????e?t?d/, /?væ?i.???e?t?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: vâr???g?'t?d, IPA(key): /?ve??????e?t?d/
Adjective
variegated (comparative more variegated, superlative most variegated)
- Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color.
- Synonyms: patterned; see also Thesaurus:marked
- (by extension) Very colorful.
- Synonyms: motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored
Related terms
- variegate
Translations
Verb
variegated
- simple past tense and past participle of variegate
variegated From the web:
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- what variegated mean
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- what is variegated yarn
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