commingle

/kəˈmɪŋɡəl/

Other forms: commingled; commingling; commingles

To commingle is to blend together, the way different flavors commingle in a stew or people from all over the world commingle in a big city.

The verb commingle is a slightly literary way to say "mix until blended.” The book Charlotte’s Web commingles sadness and humor. If you combine the money you were saving to buy books with your weekly spending money, you commingle your funds. Commingle is formed with the Latin prefix com-, "together," and mingle from the Middle English myngen, "to mix."

Definitions of commingle

1. verb

   mix or blend
   “His book commingles sarcasm and sadness”

   type of:

   blend, immingle, intermingle, intermix

   combine into one
2. verb

   mix together different elements
   synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix

   types:

   gauge

   mix in specific proportions

   absorb

   cause to become one with

   meld, melt

   lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

   blend in, mix in

   cause (something) to be mixed with (something else)

   accrete

   grow, accumulate, or fuse together

   conjugate

   unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds

   admix

   mix or blend

   alloy

   make an alloy of

   syncretise, syncretize

   become fused

   cut in

   mix in with cutting motions

   type of:

   change integrity

   change in physical make-up