intermingle

/ˌˈɪntərˌmɪŋgəl/

Other forms: intermingled; intermingling; intermingles

Things that intermingle get mixed up with each other. Tall grasses and daisies might intermingle in your parents' backyard, but your parents may choose not to intermingle with their neighbors.

When kids from diverse backgrounds intermingle in school, they learn more about people who are different from themselves, and when several different flavors intermingle successfully in a recipe, the taste is complex and delicious. Intermingle intermingles the prefix inter-, "among or between" and mingle, from the Middle English myngen, "to mix," from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to knead together."

Definitions of intermingle

1. verb

   mix or become mixed
   “We don't intermingle much”

   synonyms: blend, immingle, intermix

   types:

   commingle

   mix or blend

   type of:

   amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify

   bring or combine together or with something else