Mingle
['mɪŋg(ə)l] or ['mɪŋɡl]
Definition
(verb.) get involved or mixed-up with; 'He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair'.
Edited by Bernice--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
(v. t.) To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.
(v. t.) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
(v. t.) To put together; to join.
(v. t.) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
(v. i.) To become mixed or blended.
(n.) A mixture.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Mix, intermix, commingle, intermingle, compound, blend.[2]. Jumble, confound, confuse, huddle together, shuffle together.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Mix, compound, blend, confound, confuse, intermingle, associate, amalgamate
ANT:Separate, segregate, sift, sort, analyze, discompound, eliminate, classify,unravel, avoid, Minimum,[See MAXIMUM]
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Definition
v.t. to mix: to unite into one mass: to confuse: to join in mutual intercourse.—v.i. to become mixed or confused.—n. a medley.—n. Ming′le-mang′le a medley jumble.—v.t. to confuse jumble together.—ns. Ming′lement; Ming′ler; Ming′ling mixture: a mixing or blending together.—adv. Ming′lingly.
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Examples
- Men mingle more and more. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The water which flows on the earth is constantly changing its form; the heat of the sun causes it to evaporate, or to become vapor, and to mingle with the atmosphere. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- She felt a tinge of contempt mingle itself with her pain at having refused him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The capitalist and aristocrat of England cannot feel that as we do, because they do not mingle with the class they degrade as we do. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The root is beyond love, a naked kind of isolation, an isolated me, that does NOT meet and mingle, and never can. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These domestic troubles mingle inextricably with our impression of the Prophet's personality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My dear sir, he said in agony, as he saw Caliphronas about to mingle water with his wine, you will spoil the flavor of the claret. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The two or three lines which follow contain fragments of words only, mingled with blots and scratches of the pen. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But in the seaport and markets mingled men of every known race, comparing their religious ideas and customs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Possibly they mingled to a certain extent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She glanced up at his face, with mingled astonishment and dread. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Early in the morning, I sauntered through the dear old tranquil streets, and again mingled with the shadows of the venerable gateways and churches. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- No intelligent man can tell of this process or read of this process of failure without very mingled feelings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The party of horsemen came up to the fence, and, with mingled shouts and oaths, were dismounting, to prepare to follow them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But there is no longer any of the horrible merging, mingling self-abnegation of love. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- From the mingling of two liquids a solid is sometimes formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They, their Excellencies, met her eyes in each line, mingling an evil potion that poisoned her very blood. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This formation of a solid substance from the mingling of two liquids is called precipitation; such a process occurs daily in the rocks beneath the surface of the earth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A venerable man, bald and shining at the top of his head, and with long grey hair flowing down at its sides and mingling with his beard. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His hair is ragged, mingling with his whiskers and his beard--the latter, ragged too, and grown, like the scum and mist around him, in neglect. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The merging, the clutching, the mingling of love was become madly abhorrent to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Enjoyment plays the cook to their homely fare, and mingles intoxication with their simple drink. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But although the escaped vapor mingles with the atmosphere, hovering near the earth's surface, or rising far above the level of the mountains, it does not remain there permanently. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- No, she added, in a softer tone; God mingles something of the balm of mercy even in vials of the most corrosive woe. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He who mingles them in harmonious concord is the true musician,--he shall be the presiding genius of our State. Plato. The Republic.
Typist: Rodger