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MINGLE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To bring or combine together or with something else

Example:

resourcefully he mingled music and dance

Synonyms:

amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "mingle" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mingle"):

aggregate; combine (gather in a mass, sum, or whole)

concoct (make a concoction (of) by mixing)

combine; compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)

blend; immingle; intermingle; intermix (combine into one)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get involved or mixed-up with

Example:

He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

mingling (the action of people mingling and coming into contact)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be all mixed up or jumbled together

Example:

His words jumbled

Synonyms:

jumble; mingle

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "mingle" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

It swelled up louder and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and fear and anger all mingled in the one dreadful shriek.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Maud was pale but composed,—my eyes had gone instantly to her face,—and she was looking at me with mingled alarm and relief.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Their threats were, however, mingled with some sort of indirect apology for the defeat of the two of them by a feeble madman.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“There was no scath done. Come back, friend”—and so, by mingled pushing and entreaties, they got his head round for Christchurch once more.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Everywhere there were mingled the luxury of the wealthy man of taste and the careless untidiness of the bachelor.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Again his astonishment was obvious; and he looked at her with an expression of mingled incredulity and mortification.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The happiness of having such a sister was their first effusion, and the fair ladies mingled in embraces and tears of joy.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

To all this information, much of which we already knew, Holmes listened with polite attention, but I, who knew him so well, could clearly see that his thoughts were elsewhere, and I detected a mixture of mingled uneasiness and expectation beneath that mask which he was wont to assume.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Past, present, and future mingled; and he went on oscillating across the broad, warm world, through high adventure and noble deeds to Her—ay, and with her, winning her, his arm about her, and carrying her on in flight through the empery of his mind.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When they had paid their tribute of politeness by curtsying to the lady of the house, they were permitted to mingle in the crowd, and take their share of the heat and inconvenience, to which their arrival must necessarily add.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)