mingle

Everyday

1. To mingle is to mix things together so that the parts can no longer be told apart. tree →
2. To mingle is to move about among people and join in with them. tree →

In the lessons

two things blended into one, or people mixing together, as in a crowd or a party

Examples

• Mix the blue and yellow paint and they mingle into green. tree →
• At the party the children mingled and played. tree →
• The sound of the carts mingled with the church bells. tree →

Note

nothing for maths; mixing things does not change how many there are in all, so the total stays the same

In Jewish tradition

Oil is mingled with flour in meal-offerings. The mingled stuff of wool and linen is forbidden.

Interpretation. The ban on mixing wool and linen is called shaatnez. The tradition treats it as a law without a clear reason, which Jews keep as God's command.

Examples

• Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together. (Torah DEU.22.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another. (Torah LEV.7.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth part for the ram, (Torah NUM.29.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works; (Writings PSA.106.35, JPS 1917) tree →
• For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, (Writings PSA.102.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. (Writings PRO.9.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths; mixing things does not change how many there are in all, so the total stays the same