mix

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mix/mɪks/

▶verb

• 1 combine or be able to be combined to form a whole.

  ■ make by mixing ingredients.

  ■ combine (signals or soundtracks) into one to produce a recording.

• 2 (mix something up) spoil the order or arrangement of something.

  ■ (be/become mixed up) be or become confused.

  ■ (mix someone/thing up) confuse someone or something with another.

  ■ (be/become mixed up in (or with)) be or become involved in or with (dubious or dishonest actions or people).

• 3 associate with others socially.

• 4 (mix it) informal be belligerent.

▶noun

• 1 a mixture of two or more different people or things.

  ■ the proportion of different people or things constituting a mixture.

• 2 a commercially prepared mixture of ingredients for making a particular food or product: a cake mix.

• 3 a version of a recording mixed in a different way from the original.

– phrases
mix and match select and combine different but complementary items to form a coordinated set.

– derivatives
mixable adjective.

– origin ME: back-form. from mixed (taken as a past part.).