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MIX IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Add as an additional element or part
Example:
mix water into the drink
Synonyms:
mix; mix in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "mix in" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mix in"):
dash (add an enlivening or altering element to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause (something) to be mixed with (something else)
Example:
At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts
Synonyms:
blend in; mix in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "mix in" is one way to...):
blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix (mix together different elements)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mix in"):
cut in (mix in with cutting motions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
