| churn | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. butter churn, churn | a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk. |
| ~ vessel | an object used as a container (especially for liquids). |
| v. (contact) | 2. churn | stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter. |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ stir | move an implement through.; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil" |
| v. (motion) | 3. boil, churn, moil, roil | be agitated.; "the sea was churning in the storm" |
| ~ seethe, roll | boil vigorously.; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| mix | | |
| n. (food) | 1. mix, premix | a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients. |
| ~ ready-mix | a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish. |
| ~ self-raising flour, self-rising flour | a commercially prepared mixture of flour and salt and a leavening agent. |
| ~ concoction, intermixture, mixture | any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients.; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" |
| n. (event) | 2. mix, mixture | an event that combines things in a mixture.; "a gradual mixture of cultures" |
| ~ combining, combine | an occurrence that results in things being united. |
| ~ concoction | an occurrence of an unusual mixture.; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction" |
| ~ blend | an occurrence of thorough mixing. |
| n. (act) | 3. admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture | the act of mixing together.; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" |
| ~ compounding, combining, combination | the act of combining things to form a new whole. |
| v. (change) | 4. blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix | mix together different elements.; "The colors blend well" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ gauge | mix in specific proportions.; "gauge plaster" |
| ~ absorb | cause to become one with.; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| ~ meld, melt | lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually.; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" |
| ~ mix in, blend in | cause (something) to be mixed with (something else).; "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts" |
| ~ accrete | grow together (of plants and organs).; "After many years the rose bushes grew together" |
| ~ conjugate | unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds. |
| ~ admix | mix or blend.; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils" |
| ~ alloy | make an alloy of. |
| ~ syncretise, syncretize | become fused. |
| v. (social) | 5. desegregate, integrate, mix | open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups.; "This school is completely desegregated" |
| v. (change) | 6. mix | combine (electronic signals).; "mixing sounds" |
| ~ combine, compound | put or add together.; "combine resources" |
| v. (change) | 7. mix, mix in | add as an additional element or part.; "mix water into the drink" |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| ~ dash | add an enlivening or altering element to.; "blue paint dashed with white" |
| v. (contact) | 8. amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify | to bring or combine together or with something else.; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ aggregate, combine | gather in a mass, sum, or whole. |
| ~ concoct | make a concoction (of) by mixing. |
| ~ combine, compound | combine so as to form a whole; mix.; "compound the ingredients" |
| ~ blend, immingle, intermingle, intermix | combine into one.; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much" |
| v. (contact) | 9. mix, ruffle, shuffle | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement.; "shuffle the cards" |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| ~ reshuffle | shuffle again.; "So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards" |
| ~ riffle | shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix. |
| ~ cut | divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult.; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time" |
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