Meddle

Verb

 * 1)  To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.
 * 2) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
 * he cut a locke of all their heare, / Which medling with their bloud and earth, he threw / Into the graue [...].
 * 1)  To have sex.
 * 2) * 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
 * And in the same tyme that they medled togydirs, Abell was begotyn.
 * 1) To interfere in: or with:; to concern oneself with unduly.

Thesaurus
Paul-Pry, advise, advocate, arrest, bottle up, brief, busybody, butt in, check, coach, confer, consult with, counsel, countercheck, curb, dam up, damp, dampen, delay, detain, direct, fool, fool with, guide, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, horn in, impede, inhibit, instruct, intercept, interfere, interlope, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, intrude, invade, keep back, keep in check, kibitz, make, meddle with, mess around, mess with, monkey with, nose, obtrude, oppose, peek, peep, prescribe, propose, pry, recommend, repress, resist, restrain, retard, scotch, set back, slacken, snoop, snub, spy, submit, suggest, suppress, tamper, tamper with, trespass

Etymology
From medler:, variant of  and  mesler:, meller:, from  misculare:, from  miscere:.

Pronunciation

 * ; metal, mettle
 * ; metal, mettle
 * ; metal, mettle
 * ; metal, mettle

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 插手, 干預, 干预
 * Dutch: moeien, ,
 * French: se mêler


 * German: einmischen
 * Japanese: おせっかいをする
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: entrometerse,, injerirse


 * See have sex.


 * : 干涉 (gan she)

Derived terms

 * meddlement
 * meddlesome

Anagrams

 * melded