mixed

Definition

  • adjective: made of different kinds of things mixed together or combined
  • adjective: combining characteristics of more than one kind

Examples

  • The play received 'mixed' reviews. = The play's reviews were 'mixed'. [=some critics liked the play, while other critics did not]

  • 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

  • (..) because the iron in the dinosaur's blood... generates free radicals, and those are highly reactive. The proteins and the cell membranes get all mixed up... and act as a natural preservative. DNA can survive for millennia that way. Even if the amber mines dry up, they'll still have bones-- Shut up. (..)
    2015 Jurassic World