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ming.

To mix, blend, mingle.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/mɪŋ/UK, US
  1. To mix, blend, mingle.

    archaic
  2. To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.

    obsolete
  3. To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

    Ireland · UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to mix, knead”), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to rumple, knead”). Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mix, blend, mingle”), German mengen (“to mix”), Danish mænge (“to rub”), Old English ġemang (“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More at among.

noun/mɪŋ/UK, US
  1. A mixture.

    Ireland · UK
  2. The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.

    UK · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to mix, knead”), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to rumple, knead”). Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mix, blend, mingle”), German mengen (“to mix”), Danish mænge (“to rub”), Old English ġemang (“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More at among.

verb/mɪŋ/UK, US
  1. To be unattractive (person or object).

    Ireland · UK · slang
  2. To be foul-smelling.

    Ireland · UK · slang
Where this word comes from

Backformation from minging.

verb/mɪŋ/UK, US
  1. To speak of, to mention.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mingen, mengen, mungen, muneȝen, from Old English myngian, mynegian, ġemynegian (“to bring to mind, have in mind”), from myne (“mind”), from ġemunan (“to remember”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Merged in Middle English with Old English ġemyndgian (“to remember, be mindful, remind, intend, commemorate, mention, exhort, impel, warn, demand payment”). More at mind.

noun/mɪŋ/UK, US
  1. Destiny, fate.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Chinese 命 (mìng, “destiny, fate; luck”).

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