--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 37 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 37 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Treated badly, cruelly or unfairly.[↗](../../mistreated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Harmed or neglected, as with animals or children who are not cared for properly.[↗](../../mistreated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog had been mistreated, so it was scared of people.[↗](../../mistreated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cinderella was mistreated by her stepsisters.[↗](../../mistreated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you feel mistreated, tell a teacher or an adult you trust.[↗](../../mistreated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoners were mistreated by the guards.[↗](../../mistreated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rescue centre looks after mistreated horses.[↗](../../mistreated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is against the law to mistreat animals.[↗](../../mistreated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The workers said they were mistreated and paid too little.[↗](../../mistreated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mistreatment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mistreatment is treating a person or animal cruelly or unfairly, for example hurting them, starving them or not caring for them.[↗](../../mistreatment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer was fined for the mistreatment of his horses.[↗](../../mistreatment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mistreatment of children is against the law.[↗](../../mistreatment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoners suffered terrible mistreatment.[↗](../../mistreatment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you see mistreatment of an animal, tell an adult.[↗](../../mistreatment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The charity helps dogs rescued from mistreatment.[↗](../../mistreatment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling names every day is a kind of mistreatment too.[↗](../../mistreatment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mistress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mistress is a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants or animals.[↗](../../mistress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A mistress is a female teacher in some old schools.[↗](../../mistress/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The maid went to tell her mistress the news.[↗](../../mistress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat's mistress fed her every morning.[↗](../../mistress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school mistress read us a story.[↗](../../mistress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mistress of the house gave orders to the cook.[↗](../../mistress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'[↗](../../mistress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mistress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.[↗](../../mistress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mistress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?'[↗](../../mistress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.'[↗](../../mistress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mistress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.[↗](../../mistress/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mistress/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.[↗](../../mistress/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.47.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mistress/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And she said unto her mistress: 'Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.'[↗](../../mistress/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mistress/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **mistrust** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mistrust is a feeling that someone cannot be trusted or that something is not safe.[↗](../../mistrust/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was mistrust between the two brothers.[↗](../../mistrust/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The villagers had mistrust of the stranger.[↗](../../mistrust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not mistrust your friends without reason.[↗](../../mistrust/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His mistrust made it hard to make peace.[↗](../../mistrust/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **misty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Misty means full of mist, so it is hard to see far.[↗](../../misty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Misty eyes are eyes full of tears.[↗](../../misty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Misty can mean unclear, like a misty memory.[↗](../../misty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a misty morning by the lake.[↗](../../misty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hills looked misty and grey.[↗](../../misty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear bright clothes on misty days.[↗](../../misty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eyes went misty when she said goodbye.[↗](../../misty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom mirror got misty after my shower.[↗](../../misty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I have only a misty memory of that holiday.[↗](../../misty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain began to fall again, and for a while it was too misty to see what the troops were doing.[↗](../../misty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **misunderstand** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To misunderstand is to understand something wrongly, to get the wrong meaning.[↗](../../misunderstand/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To misunderstand a person is to get the wrong idea about what they mean or what they are like.[↗](../../misunderstand/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I misunderstand the question if I read it too fast.[↗](../../misunderstand/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't misunderstand me, I like your idea.[↗](../../misunderstand/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She misunderstood and went to the wrong room.[↗](../../misunderstand/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people misunderstand how bees make honey.[↗](../../misunderstand/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm sorry, I misunderstood what you said.[↗](../../misunderstand/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If you misunderstand the instructions, ask the teacher.[↗](../../misunderstand/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Ah!” cried the false princess, “why do you misunderstand my tears?[↗](../../misunderstand/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **misunderstanding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A failure to understand something correctly: «There was a misunderstanding about the time».[↗](../../misunderstanding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small disagreement or argument, often caused by not understanding each other: «We had a little misunderstanding».[↗](../../misunderstanding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There must be a misunderstanding – I said three o'clock, not two.[↗](../../misunderstanding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We cleared up the misunderstanding by talking.[↗](../../misunderstanding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole argument was a misunderstanding.[↗](../../misunderstanding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A misunderstanding over the rules ended the game early.[↗](../../misunderstanding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Texts can lead to misunderstandings because you can't hear the voice.[↗](../../misunderstanding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The comedy is full of misunderstandings and mixed-up identities.[↗](../../misunderstanding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Sorry, I think we had a misunderstanding.»[↗](../../misunderstanding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A misunderstanding in maths: he thought «product» meant add, not multiply.[↗](../../misunderstanding/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **misunderstood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Misunderstood is the past of misunderstand: understood wrongly.[↗](../../misunderstood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A misunderstood person or thing is one people judge wrongly or do not really understand.[↗](../../misunderstood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I misunderstood the homework and did the wrong page.[↗](../../misunderstood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats are misunderstood animals; they eat lots of insects.[↗](../../misunderstood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant in the story was lonely and misunderstood.[↗](../../misunderstood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt misunderstood by her friends.[↗](../../misunderstood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He had misunderstood the rules of the game.[↗](../../misunderstood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The message was misunderstood.[↗](../../misunderstood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I do not wish to be misunderstood.[↗](../../misunderstood/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This proves that, at the time when the book was written, tlie nature of the letters, or of some of them, was misunderstood.[↗](../../misunderstood/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../misunderstood/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This passage was apparently misunderstood by some later writers, who imagined that Rabbi Akiba was the author of the Sefer Yetzirah attributed to Abraham.[↗](../../misunderstood/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../misunderstood/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **misuse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Verb: to use something in a wrong, careless or harmful way.[↗](../../misuse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Noun: wrong or harmful use: misuse of medicine, misuse of power.[↗](../../misuse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Verb: to treat someone badly or unfairly (old-fashioned).[↗](../../misuse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Misuse of the fire alarm can get you into big trouble.[↗](../../misuse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't misuse the scissors — they are for paper only.[↗](../../misuse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Drug misuse harms health.[↗](../../misuse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He misused the word «literally».[↗](../../misuse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling 999 for a joke is a misuse of the emergency line.[↗](../../misuse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The manager was sacked for misuse of company money.[↗](../../misuse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tiny animal with eight legs, related to spiders, often too small to see: dust mites.[↗](../../mite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small child or small creature that you feel sorry for: the poor little mite.[↗](../../mite/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, «a mite») A little bit, slightly: a mite cold.[↗](../../mite/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old) A very small coin or amount.[↗](../../mite/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dust mites live in our pillows.[↗](../../mite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A mite has eight legs, like a spider.[↗](../../mite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Red mites can bite chickens.[↗](../../mite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor little mite was soaked in the rain.[↗](../../mite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a mite chilly this morning.[↗](../../mite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Under the microscope we saw a mite crawling on a leaf.[↗](../../mite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 mites have 5 × 8 = 40 legs.[↗](../../mite/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There he would find better fare than briny water and sand mites.[↗](../../mite/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mitigate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To make something bad less serious, less painful or less harmful.[↗](../../mitigate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law) To make a wrong action seem less bad, so a punishment may be lighter: «mitigating circumstances».[↗](../../mitigate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Planting trees can help mitigate flooding.[↗](../../mitigate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new crossing will mitigate the danger to children.[↗](../../mitigate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying sorry quickly may mitigate your punishment.[↗](../../mitigate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Engineers built walls to mitigate the damage from storms.[↗](../../mitigate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge said there were mitigating circumstances.[↗](../../mitigate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We shut the windows to mitigate the noise.[↗](../../mitigate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wearing sun cream mitigates the risk of sunburn.[↗](../../mitigate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mitre** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A tall headdress; in the Bible a turban of linen worn by the high priest.[↗](../../mitre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.[↗](../../mitre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.29.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mitre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, (Torah EXO.39.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mitre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.[↗](../../mitre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mitre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And I said: 'Let them set a fair mitre upon his head.'[↗](../../mitre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of the LORD stood by.[↗](../../mitre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mitre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased.[↗](../../mitre/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.21.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mitre/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **mitt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mitt is a glove with one part for the thumb and one big part for all four fingers together, also called a mitten.[↗](../../mitt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An oven mitt is a thick padded glove used to hold hot pans and trays.[↗](../../mitt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A baseball mitt is a large leather glove for catching the ball.[↗](../../mitt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Mitts is also a jokey word for hands.[↗](../../mitt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put on your mitts before you build the snowman.[↗](../../mitt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the oven mitts to take the tray out.[↗](../../mitt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My mitt caught the baseball with a smack.[↗](../../mitt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby wears little mitts so she does not scratch her face.[↗](../../mitt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your mitts off my sweets\![↗](../../mitt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The mitts were soaking wet from the snow.[↗](../../mitt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mitten** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mitten is a glove that covers the four fingers together in one part and the thumb in a separate part.[↗](../../mitten/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An oven mitt or oven mitten is a thick padded glove for holding hot pans.[↗](../../mitten/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I wore my woolly mittens to build a snowman.[↗](../../mitten/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mittens are warmer than gloves.[↗](../../mitten/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Little Tom lost one of his mittens in the park.[↗](../../mitten/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 children each have a pair of mittens, so there are 10 mittens.[↗](../../mitten/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the oven mitt to take out the hot tray.[↗](../../mitten/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma knitted me red mittens.[↗](../../mitten/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · However, you shall not be frozen for the want of it; here are my mother's large warm mittens; they will reach up to your elbows.[↗](../../mitten/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mix** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To mix is to put different things together so they become one.[↗](../../mix/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mix is what you get when you do it, or a bought packet ready to use: cake mix.[↗](../../mix/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To mix with people is to meet and talk with them.[↗](../../mix/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Mix up» means to confuse two things.[↗](../../mix/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She mixes 2 cups of flour with 1 cup of sugar.[↗](../../mix/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He mixed red paint and blue paint and got purple.[↗](../../mix/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The trail mix has 50 grams of nuts.[↗](../../mix/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix 3 liters of juice with 2 liters of water.[↗](../../mix/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Oil and water do not mix.[↗](../../mix/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stir the cake mix with two eggs.[↗](../../mix/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I always mix up the twins' names.[↗](../../mix/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The class is a mix of boys and girls.[↗](../../mix/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He went home and made an ointment by mixing some sauce and red pepper together.[↗](../../mix/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mixed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mixed means made of different kinds put together.[↗](../../mixed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A bag of mixed nuts has many kinds of nuts.[↗](../../mixed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mixed is the past form of mix.[↗](../../mixed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Mixed feelings are when you feel happy and sad at the same time.[↗](../../mixed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In maths, a mixed number is a whole number and a fraction, like 2 1/2.[↗](../../mixed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bag of mixed candies has 30 pieces.[↗](../../mixed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She mixed 4 cups of juice.[↗](../../mixed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write 2 1/2 as a mixed number.[↗](../../mixed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The box has mixed red and blue pens.[↗](../../mixed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I had mixed feelings about moving house.[↗](../../mixed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our netball team is mixed.[↗](../../mixed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather was mixed: sun, then rain.[↗](../../mixed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He got mixed up and went to the wrong room.[↗](../../mixed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When she suddenly saw her brothers before her her delight was mixed with astonishment.[↗](../../mixed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.[↗](../../mixed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mixed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting; and the children of Israel also wept on their part, and said: 'Would that we were given flesh to eat\![↗](../../mixed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mixed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.[↗](../../mixed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.1.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mixed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.[↗](../../mixed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mixed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves by the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay.[↗](../../mixed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mixed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **mixer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A machine or tool for mixing things, such as a food mixer in a kitchen or a cement mixer on a building site.[↗](../../mixer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A drink, such as lemonade, tonic or juice, mixed with another drink.[↗](../../mixer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (music, TV) A machine for mixing sounds, or a person who does this.[↗](../../mixer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) A party or event where people meet and get to know each other.[↗](../../mixer/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (good mixer) A person who makes friends easily.[↗](../../mixer/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum used the mixer to beat the cake batter.[↗](../../mixer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cement mixer turned round and round.[↗](../../mixer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The DJ moved the sliders on the mixer.[↗](../../mixer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He's a good mixer and makes friends easily.[↗](../../mixer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · At the parents' mixer, the teachers met the new families.[↗](../../mixer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lemonade was used as a mixer for the adults' drinks.[↗](../../mixer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn off the mixer before you lick the beaters\![↗](../../mixer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mixture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mixture is something made by putting different things together, such as cake mixture or a mixture of colours.[↗](../../mixture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, a mixture is two or more substances mixed together but not joined chemically, so they can be separated again.[↗](../../mixture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pour the cake mixture into the tin.[↗](../../mixture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sand and water make a mixture.[↗](../../mixture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You can separate the mixture with a sieve.[↗](../../mixture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt a mixture of excitement and fear.[↗](../../mixture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The paint was a mixture of blue and yellow.[↗](../../mixture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Salt water is a mixture you can separate by evaporation.[↗](../../mixture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Stir the mixture until it is smooth.[↗](../../mixture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cough mixture is a liquid medicine.[↗](../../mixture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black.[↗](../../mixture/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.[↗](../../mixture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mixture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the alien mixture.[↗](../../mixture/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.13.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mixture/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned; (Prophets EZK.24.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mixture/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/36/) **37** [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/38/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/36/) - next →: [page 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/38/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)