mixed
v.v. to combine two or more things together so they become one. You often do this when cooking or preparing something new.
v. to combine or blend different substances or elements into a single mass or collection. Transitive when an agent performs the action; intransitive when describing substances that can be combined.
She mixed the flour and water to make dough.
The artist mixed blue and yellow paint on her palette to create the perfect shade of green for the leaves.
The novelist skillfully mixed historical facts with fictional characters to create a narrative that felt both authentic and surprisingly modern.
From mix, equivalent to mix + -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix. In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix.
The verb is often used with 'together' or 'with'. It can be used transitively ('mix A and B') or intransitively ('oil and water don't mix').
I mixed the sugar into the coffee with a spoon.I stirred the sugar into the coffee with a spoon.Learners often use 'mix' for any circular motion in a liquid, but 'stir' is the correct verb for moving a spoon to dissolve or distribute something.
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mixed bag
Something tending to have both good and bad results or characteristics; something having a mixture of advantages and disadvantages.
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mixed blessing
Something that has both good and bad features.
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mixed herbs
A common mix of different dried herbs for general culinary use, containing some or all of basil, sage, rosemary, marjoram, oregano, thyme, and parsley.