From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mixed
adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;
"an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted
sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of
baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry
sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn:
assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley,
{sundry(a)}]
2: involving or composed of different races; "interracial
schools"; "a mixed neighborhood" [syn: interracial,
mixed]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mixed \Mixed\, a.
Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t.
& i.
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Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a
real and a personal action.
Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle.
Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more
kinds of fiber, as a poplin.
Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different
races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman
Catholic and a Protestant.
Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together.
Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger and
freight cars.
Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females
united in the same performance.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mix \Mix\ (m[i^]ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mixed (m[i^]kst)
(less properly Mixt); p. pr. & vb. n. Mixing.] [AS.
miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W.
mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. mi`sgein,
migny`nai, Skr. mi[,c]ra mixed. The English word has been
influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and even
the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. miscere. Cf.
Admix, Mash to bruise, Meddle.]
1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of,
as of two or more substances with each other, or of one
substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or
compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend;
as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.
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Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.
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2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
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Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
--Hos. vii. 8.
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3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
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Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak.
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I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
civil considerations. --Bacon.
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4. To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or
implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while
at college.
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