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Index — Chapter Words Expressing Abstract Relations (Part 8 of 13)

    sauce, hash, hodge-podge (hotch-potch, or hotchpot), mash, mishmash, job lot, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla podrida, olio, salmagundi, pot-pourri, Noah's ark, cauldron, marquetry, mosaic 440, complex.

    (Phrases). A mingled yarn; a scratch team.

    (Verbs). To mix, commix, immix, intermix, associate, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, interlard, intersperse, interpose, interpolate 228; shuffle together, hash up, huddle together, deal, pound together, stir up, knead, brew, jumble 59; impregnate with.

    To be mixed, to get among, to be entangled with.

    To instil, imbue, infuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, suffuse, transfuse, attemper, medicate, blend, alloy, amalgamate, compound 48, adulterate, sophisticate, cross, intercross, interbreed, interblend.

    (Adjectives). Mixed, mingled, intermixed, etc., promiscuous; complex, composite, mixed up with, half- and-half, linsey-woolsey, cross, hybrid, half-caste, Eurasian, mulatto 83, quadroon, octoroon, sambo, mongrel, heterogeneous; miscible.

  • Freedom from mixture.
  • Simpleness (Substantives), singleness, purity, clearness, homogeneity.

    Purification 652, elimination, sifting, winnowing.

    (Verbs). To render simple, simplify, sift, winnow, eliminate; to separate, disjoin 44.

    To purify 652.

    (Adjectives). Simple, uniform, of a piece, homogeneous, single, pure, clear, sheer, blank, neat, elementary; unmixed, unmingled, untinged, unblended, uncombined, uncompounded, undecomposed, unadulterated, unsophisticated.

    Free from, exempt from.

    (Phrase). Pure and simple.

  • Junction (Substantives), joining, union, connection, connecting, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, attachment, compagination, astriction, alligation, colligation, fastening, linking, coupling, matrimony 903, grafting; infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, association 72, concatenation, communication, approach 197.
  • Joint, join, juncture, pivot, hinge, suture, articulation, commissure, mitre, seam, stitch, meeting, reunion, mortise, scar, cicatrix.

    Closeness, firmness, tightness, compactness, attachment, communication.

    (Verbs). To join, conjoin, unite, connect, associate, put together, embody, re-embody, hold together, lump together, pack, fix together, attach, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, make fast, clench (or clinch), catch, tie, pinion, strap, sew, lace, string, stitch, tack, knit, tat, crochet, knot, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, picket, harness, inspan, bridge over.

    Chain, enchain, shackle, pinion, manacle, handcuff, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, clap together, leash, couple, link, yoke, bracket, hang together, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, screw, rivet, impact, wedge, rabbet, mortise, mitre, jam, dovetail, enchase, engraft, interlink, inosculate, entwine, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interlock.

    To be joined, etc., to hang or hold together.