transitive verb
- to put or blend together in a single mass, collection, or compound
- to make by putting ingredients together: to mix a cake
- to join; combine: to mix work and play
- to cause to join or associate: to mix the boys with the girls in a school
- to hybridize
- to combine or blend electronically (the various sounds of a recording or live performance) on (a tape, record, etc.)
Origin:
prob. back-form. < mixt, mixed, taken as pp. < Fr mixte < L mixtus, pp. of miscere, to mix (> OE miscian) < IE base *meik- > Gr meignynai, Welsh mysgu, to mix