From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishminglemin‧gle /ˈmɪŋɡəl/ ●○○ verb (mingled, mingling) 1 [intransitive, transitive]MIX if two feelings, sounds, smells etc mingle, they mix together with each other Add the mint and allow the flavours to mingle.mingle with Her perfume mingled with the smell of wood smoke from the fire.be mingled with something Her excitement was mingled with a slight feeling of fear.2 [intransitive]MIX if you mingle at a party, you move around the room and talk to lots of different peoplemingle with She was eager to mingle with the other guests.→ See Verb table
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mingle• Families mingled and enjoyed themselves at a block party.• Playfulness and formality can mingle, even at a wedding.• Mingling genuine news with gossip, she made a lively companion.• These four are eternal and are constantly mingling in different proportions and separating.• The noise was tremendous; bombs, guns, and engines mingled in discordant sound.• Our voices were mingled in poetry.• Heraklion mingles traditional charm with a bustling centre of pavement cafes and shops.• Here was a set of fake brass handles incongruously mingled with a different set of pewter fixtures.• They come to hear music and end up mingling with a lot of people they may not mingle with in everyday life.• They didn't bite, but they were mingled with ferocious mosquitoes, which did.• As usual he mingled with his guests, with whom he remained until just after ten o'clock.• The smell of the sea mingled with the faint scent of the grass.• Water spread across the floor in a greasy stream, mingling with the pile of filthy rubbish.be mingled with something• We may emphasize that they are mingled with and followed by stories of a very different character.• They didn't bite, but they were mingled with ferocious mosquitoes, which did.• Then, considerations of safety were mingled with the exercise of power, and feelings and interests prevailed which are happily terminated.• Dire harmonic confusion would result were the bass to be mingled with the upper parts.Origin mingle (1400-1500) meng “to mix” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English mengan 