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mingle Definition

min·gle (miŋ′gəl)

transitive verb -·gled, -·gling

  1. to bring or mix together; combine; blend
  2. Now Rare to make by mixing ingredients; compound

Etymology: ME mengelen, freq. of mengen < OE mengan, to mix, akin to Ger mengen < IE base *menk-, to knead > Gr massein

intransitive verb

  1. to be or become mixed, blended, etc.
  2. to join, unite, associate, or take part with others

mingle Related Forms
min′·gler noun
mingle Synonyms

mingle

v.

combine, blend, admix; see mix 1. See syn. study at mix.

mingle Usage Examples

Object

  • tear: Her tears mingled with the tea in her cup.
  • entertainment: This modern form of mix and mingle entertainment will create strong, lasting magical memories for you and your guests.
  • blood: One of the scientists got cut and her blood mingled with the remains... Mysteriously Vlad's remains disappeared.
  • color: Tortoiseshell British Shorthair - The tortoiseshell is a mixture of the base color with red or cream hair forming mingled colors.
  • officer: Here mingled officers, bohemians, Viennese ladies, artists and salesmen.
  • light: So tender, yet withal so bright, As the dark orbs had in their smile Mingled the light of day and night.

Preposition: with

  • crowd: I mingled with the crowds all through the day, selling Chang.
  • guest: Mr Blair mingled with the guests in the state rooms of Number 10.
  • star: Imagine, the number of people who would be willing to mingle with the stars.
  • oil: Came daylight and British warships spotted the tell-tale traces of air bubbles mingled with oil breaking the surface of Hoxa Sound.
  • audience: Madam, returning to the stage having mingled with the audience and tickled not a few men's fancies!
  • fear: But, mingled with that fear was anger, sadness, shame, and confusion.

Modifying Another Word

  • freely: In such towns, the local population mingles freely with visitors.
  • happily: Buffalo's, zebra, warthog's, all happily mingling with each other in the African Plains.
  • together: In former times, even in the United States, there were no distinct races of sheep, for all had been mingled together.
  • easily: With the road closed to traffic, people can mingle easily.
  • all: The sea, the sky, the land were all mingled in one black mass.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: The flavors mingle up, rounding and filling, making the soup feel really quite luxurious in your mouth.
  • around: You're going to be mingling around with them forever.
mingle Quotes

Wicked people means people who have no love: therefore they have no shame. They have the power to ask for love because they don't need it: they have the power to offer it because they have none to give. But we, who have love, and long to mingle it with the love of others: we cannot utter a word.You find that, don't you?

—Shaw, George Bernard