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| alloy |
If people mix one type of metal with another type of metal, they make an "alloy." An alloy is a substance made by mixing two or more metals together. If people mix one type of metal with some other kind of substance, the new substance is also called an "alloy." |
| beat |
When you beat something, you mix it quickly and with a lot of energy. [1/7 definitions] |
| blend |
to mix enough so that there no longer seem to be separate parts or ingredients. [1/4 definitions] |
| chemical element |
Everything in our world and in space is made up of different chemical elements. Things like oxygen, lead, iron, and gold are some of these elements. Chemical elements are the very simple building blocks of all other things. They are pure substances. That means that they are made up of only one type of thing--one type of atom. The element iron, for example, is made up of only atoms of iron. It's not mixed with anything else. The chemical elements do mix with other chemical elements, though. That's how we get things like water, which is made up of two elements: oxygen and hydrogen. |
| combination |
When you mix or put things together, what you get is called a combination. [1/2 definitions] |
| combine |
When you combine things, you put them together or mix them together. If you combine dirt and water, you make mud. [2/3 definitions] |
| compost |
Compost is something that is good to mix with soil to grow new things. Compost is made up of things like old vegetables, dead plants, and dead leaves. [2 definitions] |
| compound1 |
to mix or combine. [1/6 definitions] |
| confuse |
to cause misunderstanding, or to make understanding difficult or impossible; mix up; bewilder. [1/2 definitions] |
| dissolve |
to mix completely with liquid. [1/5 definitions] |
| from scratch |
If you cook or bake something from scratch, you do it using basic ingredients and basic methods. If you bake a cake from scratch, you measure and combine things like flour, sugar, eggs, salt, oil, and water. You don't buy a cake mix at the store. [1/2 definitions] |
| gray |
Gray is the color of the sky before it rains. When you mix black and white together, you get the color gray. [1/4 definitions] |
| hubbub |
a confusing mix of loud sounds such as voices; uproar. |
| integrate |
to bring together and mix into a whole. [1/2 definitions] |
| jumble |
to mix up; confuse. [1/4 definitions] |
| knead |
to mix by pressing, folding, and pulling. [1/2 definitions] |
| melt |
to fade or mix, as from one state to another (often followed by "away," "in," or "into"). [1/4 definitions] |
| merge |
to mix or combine into a single unit. |
| mingle |
to bring together; mix. [1/2 definitions] |
| mix |
When you mix things, you put them together so that they are not separate things anymore. We often mix things when we bake or cook. [3/4 definitions] |
| mongrel |
a plant or animal that is a mix of two or more breeds or kinds. |
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