minglen.
/ˈmɪŋɡl/, U.S. /ˈmɪŋɡ(ə)l/ 1. The action of mingling; the state of being mixed or mingled; mixture. Also concrete: a mingled mass, a mixture. Now rare.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture
hotchpotc1405
hodge-podgec1426
omnigatherum?a1430
mishmashc1475
peasemeala1525
omnium gatherum1530
mingle1548
hotchpotch1549
mingle-mangle1549
gallimaufry1551
rhapsody1574
sauce-medley1579
pell-mellc1586
linsey-woolsey1592
wilderness1594
brewage1599
motley1609
macaronic1611
medley1618
olla podridaa1635
farragoa1637
consarcination1640
porridge1642
olio1645
bisque1653
mélange1653
hash1660
jumble1661
farrage1698
capilotade1705
jargon1710
salmagundi1761
pasticcio1785
pea meal1789
ollapod1804
mixty-maxty1818
macédoine1820
ragbag1820
haggis1822
job lot1828
allsorts1831
conglomerate1837
pot-pourri1841
chow-chow1850
breccia1873
pastiche1873
macaroni1884
mixed bag1919
casserole1930
mixed bunch1958
rattle-bag1982
mulligan1993
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing
mingingOE
mongling?c1225
mellinga1375
commixtiona1398
mixtiona1398
compounding1398
meddlinga1400
intermelling1413
mashing1440
medlure?a1475
commistion1495
contemperation1502
intermixtion?1520
mixing1525
mixture1530
mixting1532
minglinga1535
mingle1548
temperature1550
contemperament1565
commixture1567
intermingling1576
commixing1583
intermixture1592
mixc1595
minglement1602
interblending1605
contempering1609
intermeddling1611
contemperating1617
mistion1617
immixtion1653
immistion1658
alloy1672
intermixing1690
blendure1701
intermingledom1753
blending1795
comminglement1833
commingling1854
co-mingling1856
immixture1859
interminglement1873
interfuse1887
melding1939
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture
mingingOE
mungc1175
meddlingc1384
mellaya1400
mixture?a1425
commixtion?a1439
medley1440
brothc1515
mingly1545
mingle1548
maslin1574
miscellane1582
commixture1590
flaumpaump1593
salad1603
miscellany1609
common1619
cento1625
misturea1626
mixtil1654
concrete1656
contemperation1664
ragout1672
crasis1677
alloy1707
mixtible1750
galimatias1762
misc.1851
syllabub1859
mixtry1862
cocktail1868
blend1883
admix1908
mix-up1918
mix1959
meld1973
katogo1994
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Aceruatim, on heapes, without ordre, in a mengle [1545 mengley].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. v. 58 He was not sad... He was not merrie, Which seem'd to tell them, his remembrance lay In Egypt with his ioy, but betweene both. Oh heauenly mingle ! View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. ix. 37 Trumpetters With brazen dinne blast you the Citties eare, Make mingle with our ratling Tabourines. View more context for this quotation
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 156 Neither Masque nor properly any one thing, but a mingle of diuers sorts.
1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 31 Scenes admirable in their kind, but of an ill mingle with the rest.
1714 J. Swift Let. 7 Aug. in Corr. (1963) II. 110 To represent persons and things without any mingle of my own interest or passions.
1720 T. Boston Human Nature ix. 445 In a mingle of many different Seeds, the expert Gardener can distinguish betwixt Seed and Seed.
1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet IV. 76 Her thoughts were a mingle of thankfulness and dread.
1993 Amicus Jrnl. Spring 48/2 Blue mingle of gases overhead.
2. North American. Esp. in estate agents' jargon: an unmarried person who shares a residence with another of roughly the same age who is not usually a partner or relative.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun]
singleness1818
singleton1937
single1964
mingle1974
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > one who shares house or flat
housemate1809–10
house-sharer1829
flat-sharer1959
mingle1974
1974 N.Y. Post 6 June 36 The overall total of ‘mingles’—a word to describe those living with non-relatives in a single household—is still relatively small.
1984 Los Angeles Times 5 Feb. viii. 2 A second townhouse had two master bedrooms and is aimed at what Carole Eichen calls ‘mingles’—two unmarried people who can't afford to buy a home of their own but can pool their funds to buy one together.
1997 Vancouver Sun 1 Feb. e4 Typical mingles are in their 20s and getting into the [housing] market for the first time... They could be siblings..or just good friends.
Compounds
General attributive (in sense 1).† mingle-coloured adj. Obsolete
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]
fawa700
medleyc1350
freckledc1380
motleyc1380
pied1382
specked1382
vary1382
partyc1385
parted1393
peckleda1400
polymitec1425
sere-colouredc1425
vairc1425
discoloured?1440
motleyed1447
varying1488
sheld1507
fleckered1508
piet1508
mellay1515
particoloured1530
pickled1552
varied1578
mingled1580
partly coloured1582
chequered1592
medley-coloured1593
mingle-coloured1593
piebald1594
feathered1610
changeable1612
particolour1612
enamelled1613
variousa1618
pie-coloured1619
jaspered1620
gangean1623
versicolour1628
patchwork1634
damasked1648
variously-coloureda1660
variegateda1661
agated1665
varicoloured1665
damaska1674
various-coloureda1711
pieted1721
versicoloured1721
diversicoloured1756
mosaic1776
harlequin1779
spanged1788
calico1807
piety1811
varied-coloured1811
discolorate1826
heterochromous1842
jaspé1851
discolor1859
discolorous1860
jasperoid1876
damascened1879
heterochromatic1895
variotinted1903
batik1914
varihued1921
rumbled1930
damasky1931
pepper-and-salt1940
partihued1959
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 30v Her hie roofe was mingle-colourd with mounting drops of bloud.
1660 Mercurius Publ. 24–31 May 349 A mingle-coloured wrought Tabby Gown of Deer colour and white.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
minglev.
/ˈmɪŋɡl/, U.S. /ˈmɪŋɡ(ə)l/ 1. † b. transitive. With to. Obsolete. rare.† c. transitive. figurative. To put together so as to make one; to pool. Obsolete. rare.† d. transitive. To add as an ingredient. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
a. transitive. To mix (substances or ingredients together, or one thing with another) so that they become physically united or form a new combination; to combine in a mixture, to blend.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)]
mingeOE
blandOE
mongle?c1225
meddlec1350
sprengea1382
compoundc1384
intermeddlec1384
temperc1386
mell1387
found?c1390
joinc1400
intermell1413
commix?a1425
medley?a1425
mix?a1425
amenge?c1450
immix?a1475
immixt?a1475
minglea1475
tremp1480
commixt1481
incarry1486
mixtionc1500
mixta1513
demelle1516
confect1540
intermixt1551
intermingle1555
bemix1559
intermix1562
contemper1567
blenge1570
bemingle1574
contemperate1590
masha1591
commeddle1604
immingle1606
blenda1616
intemper1627
commingle1648
conferment1651
subigate1657
to mix up1672
mould1701
meine1736
caudle1795
combine1799
interblenda1849
inmix1892
meld1936
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > specific material things
to make togethera1225
blenda1400
minglea1475
a1475 [implied in: a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 231 Halfe a quarter of corne menglyd, þat is to sey, of whete corne & of rye. (at mingled adj. 1)].
c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 1100 (MED) I tastyde þe drynke mengylde wyth gall.
1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 225 Talowe..mengeled with pytche.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Biv Electrum is a myxture of syluer & golde myngled togyther.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms ci. 9 I..mengle my drynke with wepynge.
1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia ii. sig. C1v They make them victuall either by boyling them all to pieces into a broth; or boiling them whole vntill they bee soft and beginne to breake as is vsed in England, eyther by themselues or mixtly together: Sometime they mingle of the wheate with them.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 31 There is a little Bason..and over it a cock of warm water; and..above..another cock, for cold water, so that you may mingle them as you please.
1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. ii. xii. 167 Take some Mould mingled with soft Hay.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 67 An acid Salt mingles it self with an Alkali: from which Mixture results a Fermentation, and very sensible Heat.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 826 The sulphuret of antimony mingled with its gangue may be subjected to the same mode of assay.
1865 Public Opinion 7 Jan. 19 The manufacture of perfume by mingling stacte, onycha, and galbanum with pure frankincense.
1886 T. S. Hunt Mineral Physiol. & Physiogr. 173 The union of unlike matters mechanically mingled to form new crystalline species.
1927 A. C. Parker Indian How Bk. iv. xlviii. 218 Children were given the mucilage of slippery elm mingled with calamus or wintergreen for their stomach ills.
1960 R. Davies in Toronto Daily Star 21 May 36/5 Two of the ingredients are the powdered shells of snails and crushed pearls mingled with ambergris and nitre (now more familiar as saltpetre).
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1563 T. Hill Most Briefe Treat. Garden (new ed.) sig. Cv To thys water also myngle a little dunge.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > income or revenue [verb (transitive)] > unite revenues in single fund
minglea1616
consolidate1753
pool?1780
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 187 Some dozen Romanes of vs..haue mingled summes To buy a Present for the Emperor. View more context for this quotation
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1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 225 Fill the cup, and fill the can! Mingle madness, mingle scorn!
2. † c. transitive. To join (speech, friendship, etc.) reciprocally with another person. Obsolete. to mingle eyes: to look into each other's eyes, to make eye contact with someone. to mingle thighs: to have sexual intercourse.† d. transitive. To involve (a person) in common action. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To bring together, intersperse, or associate (material or immaterial things, persons, etc., frequently with or among others, or one with another); to unite or join in company or (occasionally) in sexual union.In quot. 1886: to shuffle (playing cards).
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c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 10 A frost mynglit with blude.
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 135 Grace..suffriþ not itself to be menglid with..erþely consolacions.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxl*. f. lxxiiiiv They were greatly myngelyd or medelyd wt other nacions.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) f. 217 He myngleth ye trewth with errour & heresy.
1534 ( J. Lydgate tr. Life SS. Alban & Amphabel (Herford) sig. H.iiiv To myngle his wepying with Christis owne blode.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 63 The skipping king..Mingled his royaltie with capring fooles. View more context for this quotation
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. viii. 14 Besides this, womens quarrels were mingled among.
1630 W. Prynne God no Impostor (rev. ed.) 16 Reprobates are mingled with the Elect, as the weedes, the tares are with the corn and grasse.
1692 W. Congreve Incognita 42 So alluring, yet commanding was her Presence, that it mingled awe with love.
1705 Boston News-let. 1 Oct. 2/2 Complaint was made of a certain person..who brought some Tarr to be Sold, some whereof was mingled with dirt; for which he was Sentenced to be severely Whipt.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. vii. 108 To devour every Thing that came in their way, whether Herbs, Roots, Berries, the corrupted Flesh of Animals, or all mingled together.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. iv. 151 In an instant the two regiments were mingled at the push of the bayonet.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iii. 249 A strong tendency to mingle up present circumstances with others which have no manner of connexion with them.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany i. 2 We must mingle our regrets when our only fare is a gigot.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxiii. 228 Cluny stopped mingling the cards.
1915 A. S. Neill Dominie's Log xvii. 193 A magazine for parents and children..would mingle school gossip with advice.
1969 M. Puzo Godfather xiv. 207 He found a bundle of newly washed clothes in the corner of the bedroom and mingled his own clothes with these.
1987 R. Ellmann Oscar Wilde v. 135 He mingled compliments to the recipient with modesty about his own achievement.
b. transitive (reflexive). To intermingle; to mix or join oneself with or among others; to marry, to have sexual intercourse with.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (reflexive)]
spousea1225
weda1225
spouse1340
marryc1350
matchc1400
mingle1487
nuptialize1678
1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) 86 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 85 Thoill þaim nocht..mengill þame [sc. women] with neuir vith ladry.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Esdras viii. 70 Both they and their sonnes haue mengled them selues with the daughters of them.
1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 78 The people of Sodom and Gomorra voluptuously mingling themselues with the women of the Moabites.
1661 Princess Cloria i. 53 He apprehending..the Maids desire, not onely fell back from his determination, but also mingled himself with the rest of his company.
1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. i. i. 44 He caus'd Soldiers..to mingle themselves among the People in private Apparel.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 86 'Tis impossible to describe how, the Sound [of falling water] crossing, and interfering, mingled itself.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 384 The renewed chorus..mingling itself sleepily in my dreams with school-boy memories.
1876 J. B. L. Warren Soldier of Fortune iii. ii. 220 A grand rough night For some old phantom horseman to ascend, And mingle himself with elemental hail.
1959 L. Hughes Weary Blues 57 Black slaves Singing sorrow songs on the banks of a mighty river Mingle themselves softly..In the dark shadows that cross and recross Aunt Sue's stories.
1994 H. Bloom Western Canon ii. iii. 85 Ovid, an exile and an amorist, mingles himself with Ulysses in a composite identity.
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society > society and the community > social relations > have social communication with [verb (transitive)]
intercommunec1374
dealc1380
usec1384
intercommonc1430
resort?1518
minglea1593
use1594
intercoursea1604
sociate1635
to keep termsa1673
shoulder1851
tangle1928
a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies in J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigr. & Elegies (?c1599) sig. E4v Be not ashamed to strippe you being there, And mingle thighs, mine euer yours to beare.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 111 To mingle friendship farre, is mingling bloods. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 460 Oh cursed wretch, That knew'st this was the Prince, and wouldst aduenture To mingle faith with him.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 159 To flatter Cæsar, would you mingle eyes With one that tyes his points. View more context for this quotation
1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 20 The Bishop..being not able to com himself to mingle speech with him.
1651 W. Davenant Gondibert vii. 207 She thinks that Babes proceed from mingling Eies.
1664 K. Philips Poems 205 There (my Rosannia) will we, mingling Souls, Pity the Folly which the World controuls.
1707 Fifteen Plagues of Maiden-Head 4 I dream I'm mingling with some Man my Thighs.
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a1631 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 60 I owe you so much of my health, as I would not mingle you in any occasion of repairing [1839 ed. impairing] it.
3. intransitive. Of material and immaterial things: to unite or combine in a close relationship; to join together; (of one item) to mix or combine in or with another; to mix, to blend.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > become mixed or blended [verb (intransitive)]
mingOE
meddlec1350
mella1387
blenda1400
commix?1520
admixa1522
mixa1522
mingle1530
wallc1598
co-minglea1616
comminglea1626
congregate1626
intermingle1626
intermella1641
conflux1662
intermix1722
partake1731
to work up1841
interfuse1851
interblend1854
immingle1858
inmix1892
meld1959
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 634/2 Oyle and water wyll never mengyll togyther.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 131 The tide of bloud in me..Now doth it turne, and ebbe backe to the sea, Where it shall mingle with the state of flouds. View more context for this quotation
1653 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year I. xxiii. 304 If it [sc. jesting] mingles with any sin, it puts on the nature of that new unworthinesse.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 450 I heard the rack As Earth and Skie would mingle . View more context for this quotation
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 20 Which discharge themselves into the Topino, and under that name mingle with the Chiascio.
1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 4 The soil becomes an hungry lean sand, till it mingles with the forest.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xiv. 151 English dogtooth moulding, whose sharp zigzag mingles richly with the curved edges of the tiling.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. App. 427 In nature, mechanical and molecular laws mingle, and create apparent confusion.
1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan i. iv. 52 When a wave, Broken and spent, ebbs back, what should it do But mingle with the new wave flowing in, And swell its volume?
1905 E. M. Albanesi Brown Eyes of Mary xxii. 279 And yet with all this, with the vital influence of this woman mingling so imperceptibly in with his every action, every thought, there had never come to Julian the suggestion of marriage.
1938 E. Waugh Scoop ii. iv. 213 Vulgar fractions and marks of punctuation mingled with the letters. Still he typed.
1987 Sunday Express Mag. 2 Aug. (Best of Britain Suppl.) 11/3 Legends include the story that the Dee flows through the lake without its waters mingling with those of the lake.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > confuse or disorder [verb (transitive)] > mix up in confusion
broil1401
blunderc1440
jumble1542
mingle1548
tumble1562
mumble1588
pell-mell1606
fubble1611
1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. C.viv Thys is the marke at the whyche the Deuyll shooteth,..to mingle the instytucion of the Lordes supper.
1551 Bible (Matthew's) Gen. xi. 7 Let vs..myngle theyr tonge euen there, that one vnderstand not what an other sayeth.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 370 Breaking the orderly Succession the Letters stood in in a Line, Page, or Form, &c. and mingling the Letters together, which mingled Letters is called Py.
1717 in Notes & Queries (1986) Mar. 18/1 He, like a Whirlwind, toss'd the scatt'ring Throng, Mingled the Troops, and drove the Field along.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)]
compoundc1384
combind1477
consolidate1511
combinea1535
conjoin1554
consociate1566
associate1578
mingle1587
symbolize1590
compack1605
cojoina1616
to run into ——1640
to put together1651
amalgamate1802
integrate1802
conferruminate1826
amalgam1827
synthetize1828
synthesize1830
portmanteau1902
team1939
synchronize1973
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > prepare by mixing
mingOE
meddlec1350
compoundc1384
temper1390
mix1482
comfit1483
confect1575
mingle1587
to make up1649
concoct1676
amalgamate1821
to rub in1844
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. vi. 167/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I That they would neither drinke nor be serued of..such [wine] as was anie waies mingled or brued by the vintener.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. v. 22 Woe vnto them that are..men of strength to mingle strong drinke. View more context for this quotation
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 121 He took the Cup of the fruit of the Vine mingling, giving thankes [etc.].
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 277 Hence then,..to the place of evil, Hell, Thou and thy wicked crew; there mingle broiles, Ere this avenging Sword begin thy doome. View more context for this quotation
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 153 The man whose duty it was to administer the drug mingled in a bowl.
6. † b. intransitive. To have sexual intercourse with another. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. Of a person: to mix, join, or associate with others, or take part in their activities or concerns; (in later use frequently) to move about at a social function, engaging in conversation; to circulate.
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society > society and the community > social relations > have social communication [verb (intransitive)] > mingle with a company or crowd
blendc1400
minglea1616
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)]
mingc1275
company1387
joinc1390
meddlec1390
herd?a1400
fellowshipc1430
enfellowship1470
to step in1474
accompany?1490
yoke?a1513
to keep with ——c1515
conjoin1532
wag1550
frequent1577
encroach1579
consort1588
sort1595
commerce1596
troop1597
converse1598
to keep (also enter, come into, etc.) commons1598
to enter common1604
atone1611
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
minglea1616
consociate1638
associate1644
corrive1647
co-unite1650
walk1650
cohere1651
engage1657
mix1667
accustom1670
to make one1711
coalite1735
commerciate1740
to have nothing to say to (also with)1780
gang?1791
companion1792
mess1795
matea1832
comrade1865
to go around1904
to throw in with1906
to get down1975
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 3 Our selfe will mingle with Society, And play the humble Host. View more context for this quotation
1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 380 Some of the Train'd Bands..mingled among them.
1685 T. Otway Windsor Castle 24 Imagine Fate t' have..mingled in the Throng.
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 394 She mingles with the Rascality, to sport the little Money She has got.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. vi. 447 He is dead to the world, and ought not to mingle in its transactions.
c1820 S. Rogers Bologna in Italy 32 Observed, nor shunned the busy scene of life, But mingled not.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. x. 235 Nor caring to mingle with the mere pleasures and boyish frolicks of the students.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 8 They often mingled in Court society.
1885 Law Times 80 10/1 He is very anxious to avoid any appearance of mingling in party disputes.
1901 G. Ade 40 Mod. Fables 48 He got into his Long Suit..and went down to Mingle.
1926 Travel Nov. 59/1 (advt.) Nights of gaiety, promenading, dancing, mingling with the Latins in their favorite pleasure haunts.
a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) ii. 172 Do you want to go out and mingle a little and see who is here.
1987 C. Achebe Anthills of Savannah ii. 20 You are to mingle with them and make them feel at home.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse
playOE
to do (also work) one's kindc1225
bedc1315
couple1362
gendera1382
to go togetherc1390
to come togethera1398
meddlea1398
felterc1400
companya1425
swivec1440
japea1450
mellc1450
to have to do with (also mid, of, on)1474
engender1483
fuck?a1513
conversec1540
jostlec1540
confederate1557
coeate1576
jumble1582
mate1589
do1594
conjoin1597
grind1598
consortc1600
pair1603
to dance (a dance) between a pair of sheets1608
commix1610
cock1611
nibble1611
wap1611
bolstera1616
incorporate1622
truck1622
subagitate1623
occupya1626
minglec1630
copulate1632
fere1632
rut1637
joust1639
fanfreluche1653
carnalize1703
screw1725
pump1730
correspond1756
shag1770
hump1785
conjugate1790
diddle1879
to get some1889
fuckeec1890
jig-a-jig1896
perform1902
rabbit1919
jazz1920
sex1921
root1922
yentz1923
to make love1927
rock1931
mollock1932
to make (beautiful) music (together)1936
sleep1936
bang1937
lumber1938
to hop into bed (with)1951
to make out1951
ball1955
score1960
trick1965
to have it away1966
to roll in the hay1966
to get down1967
poontang1968
pork1968
shtup1969
shack1976
bonk1984
boink1985
c1630 Soddered Citizen (1936) iii. 1649 They, whoe mingle wth anothers wife, Thinke alwaies on the Cockoule, th'are a makeinge.
1818 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Moon 21 The Son of Saturn with this glorious Power Mingled in love and sleep—to whom she bore Pandeia.
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1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 99 The various sorts of paper of which a card-board is composed are then placed alternately in the manner called by the trade ‘mingling’.]
1867 D. P. Fry Playing-Card Terms in Philol. Soc. Trans. 57 Mingle, to place papers, or cardboards, intended to be pasted, in such a way, that the paster can readily take up the sheets in the order in which they are to be pasted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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