Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mix

 I. verb  Etymology: Middle English, back-formation from ~te ~ed, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~tus, past participle of miscere to ~; akin to Greek mignynai to ~  Date: 15th century  transitive verb  1.  a.  (1) to combine or blend into one mass  (2) to combine with another  b. to bring into close association ~ business with pleasure  2.  a. to form by ~ing components ~ a drink at the bar  b. to produce (a sound recording) by electronically combining or adjusting sounds from more than one source  3. confuse — often used with up ~es things up in his eagerness to speak out — Irving Howe  intransitive verb  1.  a. to become ~ed  b. to be capable of ~ing  2. to enter into relations ; associate  3. crossbreed  4. to become involved ; participate decided not to ~ in politics  • ~able adjective Synonyms:  ~, mingle, commingle, blend, merge, coalesce, amalgamate, fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. ~ may or may not imply loss of each element's identity ~ the salad greens ~ a drink. mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active fear mingled with anticipation in my mind. commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her. blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting ~ture blended several teas to create a balanced flavor. merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole in his mind reality and fantasy merged. coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait. amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community. fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product a building in which modernism and classicism are fused.  II. noun  Date: circa 1586  1. an act or process of ~ing  2. a product of ~ing: as  a. a commercially prepared ~ture of food ingredients a cake ~  b. a combination of different kinds the right ~ of jobs, people and amenities — London Times  3. ~er 2b