mixed
part of speech
adjective (mixed); verb past (mix, mixes, mixed, mixing)
meaning for a pupil
1) Mixed means made of different kinds put together. A bag of mixed nuts has many kinds of nuts. tree →
2) Mixed is the past form of mix. tree →
3) Mixed feelings are when you feel happy and sad at the same time. tree →
4) In maths, a mixed number is a whole number and a fraction, like 2 1/2. tree →
sense in the lessons
a group of different kinds counted together; also the past form of mix; in maths a mixed number like 2 1/2; in sport and school a mixed team has boys and girls; phrases «mixed up» (confused), «mixed feelings», «mixed bag»
examples
- A bag of mixed candies has 30 pieces. tree →
- She mixed 4 cups of juice. tree →
- Write 2 1/2 as a mixed number. tree →
- The box has mixed red and blue pens. tree →
- I had mixed feelings about moving house. tree →
- Our netball team is mixed. tree →
- The weather was mixed: sun, then rain. tree →
- He got mixed up and went to the wrong room. tree →
- When she suddenly saw her brothers before her her delight was mixed with astonishment. tree →
note
Mixed things are counted together, so the total is the sum of the kinds. A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction. Trap: to find one kind, subtract the other kinds from the total. 2 1/2 means 2 + 1/2, not 2 × 1/2.
In the corpora
- Feelings after a performance can be big and mixed, and feeling bad does not prove you sang badly.
- Oil paint is pigment mixed with oil, often linseed oil; it dries slowly, so painters could blend smoothly.
- Sea tanks are made with special salt mixed into clean water and tested every day, and big filters clean the water like kidneys.
- There are around four hundred dog breeds in the world, and mixed-breed dogs are often very healthy.
- Swallows and house martins build cup nests from mud mixed with spit, and a house martin nest takes about 1,000 mud pellets.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «mixed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.