Mix

name

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. From the surname.

noun

Etymology: A merger of a nominal use of the verb and a borrowing from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”). Nowadays regarded automatically as the nominal form of the verb.

1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.

   “Now add the raisins to the mix.”

   “[…] fifteen flavors of powdered mixes in traditional scoop-out packages, seven flavors of single-serve bottled drinks, and three flavors of multiserve bottles.”

2. The result of combining items normally kept separate.

   “My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.”

   “The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix.”

3. A preparation, usually in the form of a powder, into which other ingredients can be mixed to prepare a specified foodstuff.

   “Cake mix. Pancake mix. Hot chocolate mix.”

4. The result of mixing several tracks.

   “The rhythm mix sounds muddy.”

5. The finished version of a recording.

   “I've almost finished the mix for this song.”

6. A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug.

   “Eventually I could taste different drugs and tell how much mix in it or if there’s too much mix in it or what have you.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“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, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”), Persian آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.

1. To stir together.

   “Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.”

2. To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

   “to mix business with pleasure”

   “Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.”

3. 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.”

   “Hast thou no poison mixed?”

4. To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).

   “Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.”

5. To combine (several tracks).

   “I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.”

6. To produce a finished version of (a recording).

   “I'm almost done mixing this song.”

7. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.

   “Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.”

   “The mention of the six knots of elderwood is curious, for that tree mixes largely in folk lore.”