mix

Definition

  • verb: to combine (two or more things) to make one thing that is the same throughout
  • verb: to combine or blend into one mass
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: join, associate, mingle

Examples

  • Playing golf with clients is one way to 'mix business with pleasure'. [=to do something enjoyable that is related to your work]

  • I accidentally 'mixed up' the two files. [=I put each of the files in the place where the other one should have gone]

  • He 'got mixed up in' a plan to destroy the government. [=he became involved in a plan to destroy the government]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Get those bellows working. Go! Bilbo! Up there. On my mark... ...pull that lever. Balin! Can you still mix a flash-flame? Aye. It'll only take a jiffy. Come on! We don't have a jiffy. Where's the sulfur? You sure you know what... ...you're doing? (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug