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mix up

mix up verb: to mix or blend thoroughly and completely.

Verb

mix up (third-person singular simple present mixes up, present participle mixing up, simple past and past participle mixed up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.
    • She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil.
    Synonyms:
    scramble, jumble
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To combine thoroughly.
    • All the smells of the food had mixed up together.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.
    • She mixed up a batch of her own potting soil.
    • The picture of their life that follows suggests in a few words a country kitchen—the sizzling of fish over the charcoal fire, fanned by the bellows to a hot flame, the mixing up of a Thasian sauce for the fish, the kneading of dough.1956, Katherine Lever, “Aristophanes, Comic Poet”, in The Art of Greek Comedy, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 140
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To confuse or reverse.
    • I always mix up Vermont and New Hampshire on a map.
    • I always mix up Jack with Jake.
  5. (often, transitive, usually passive voice) To become involved with, especially socially or romantically.
    • He got mixed up with a bad crowd.
    • Then he got mixed up with an older woman.
    Synonyms:
    embroil
  6. To shuffle.
    • mix up this Rubik's cube

Noun

mix up (plural mix ups)

  1. A mix, blend, or variety.
    • Next time, let's ask a group with a different mix up.
    Synonyms:
    muddle
  2. (idiomatic) A confusion or reversal.
    • I refuse to send them any more money until they fix this mix up.

mix up meaning in Urdu

mix up in Urdu

گڈمڈ, گڑبڑ, گول مال, منتشر

Synonyms of mix up

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Forms of mix up

Verb
third-person singular presentmixes up
present participlemixing up
past participlemixed up
pastmixed up
Noun
pluralmix ups
alternative formmix-up
alternative formmixup

Questions about mix up

What does mix up mean?
Mix up means to mix or blend thoroughly and completely.
What is mix up in Urdu?
Mix up in Urdu is گڈمڈ, گڑبڑ, گول مال. See Mix up meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is mix up?
Mix up can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of mix up?
The past tense of mix up is mixed up.

Words near mix up in the dictionary

  1. mix down
  2. mix feeding
  3. mix it up
  4. mix tape
  5. mix tapes
  6. mix up
  7. mix ups
  8. mix-belt
  9. mix-in
  10. mix-ins
  11. mix-minus

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