mingle Definition
min·gle (miŋ′gəl)
transitive verb -·gled, -·gling
- to bring or mix together; combine; blend
- Now Rare to make by mixing ingredients; compound
Etymology: ME mengelen, freq. of mengen < OE mengan, to mix, akin to Ger mengen < IE base *menk-, to knead > Gr massein
intransitive verb
- to be or become mixed, blended, etc.
- to join, unite, associate, or take part with others
mingle Related Forms
min′·gler noun
mingle Synonyms
mingle Usage Examples
Object
- tear: Her tears mingled with the tea in her cup.
- entertainment: This modern form of mix and mingle entertainment will create strong, lasting magical memories for you and your guests.
- blood: One of the scientists got cut and her blood mingled with the remains... Mysteriously Vlad's remains disappeared.
- color: Tortoiseshell British Shorthair - The tortoiseshell is a mixture of the base color with red or cream hair forming mingled colors.
- officer: Here mingled officers, bohemians, Viennese ladies, artists and salesmen.
- light: So tender, yet withal so bright, As the dark orbs had in their smile Mingled the light of day and night.
Preposition: with
- crowd: I mingled with the crowds all through the day, selling Chang.
- guest: Mr Blair mingled with the guests in the state rooms of Number 10.
- star: Imagine, the number of people who would be willing to mingle with the stars.
- oil: Came daylight and British warships spotted the tell-tale traces of air bubbles mingled with oil breaking the surface of Hoxa Sound.
- audience: Madam, returning to the stage having mingled with the audience and tickled not a few men's fancies!
- fear: But, mingled with that fear was anger, sadness, shame, and confusion.
Modifying Another Word
- freely: In such towns, the local population mingles freely with visitors.
- happily: Buffalo's, zebra, warthog's, all happily mingling with each other in the African Plains.
- together: In former times, even in the United States, there were no distinct races of sheep, for all had been mingled together.
- easily: With the road closed to traffic, people can mingle easily.
- all: The sea, the sky, the land were all mingled in one black mass.
- here: Greeks and Armenians, Arabs and Copts, Christians, Jews, and Syrians, mingled here on common ground.
Followed by an intransitive particle
Browse dictionary entries near mingle
- ‹ ming tree
- ‹ Ming
- ‹ mineworker
- ‹ minesweeper
- ‹ minestrone
- ‹ Minerva
- ‹ mineralogy
- ‹ mineralizer
- ‹ mineralize
- ‹ mineral wool
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