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Mince meaning in English

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Mince

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Noun

1. mince

food chopped into small bits

Example Sentences:
'a mince of mushrooms'

Verb

2. mince, moderate, soften

make less severe or harsh

Example Sentences:
'He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears'

3. mince

walk daintily

Example Sentences:
'She minced down the street'

4. mince

cut into small pieces

Example Sentences:
'mince the garlic'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Mince

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verb
1. (transitive)
to chop, grind, or cut into very small pieces
2. (transitive)
to soften or moderate, esp for the sake of convention or politeness
I didn't mince my words
3. (intransitive)
to walk or speak in an affected dainty manner
noun
4. mainly British
minced meat
5. informal
nonsensical rubbish

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Mince

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verb transitiveWord forms: minced or ˈmincing
1. 
to cut up or chop up (meat, etc.) into very small pieces; hash
2. 
to subdivide minutely
3. 
to express or do with affected elegance or daintiness
4. 
to lessen the force of; weaken, as by euphemism
to mince no words
verb intransitive
5. 
to speak or act with affected elegance or daintiness
6. 
to walk with short steps or in an affected, dainty manner
noun
7. 
mincemeat

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Mince

see synonyms of mince
v. minced, minc·ing, minc·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To cut or chop into very small pieces.
b. To subdivide (land, for example) into minute parts.
2. To pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance and refinement.
3. To moderate, restrain, or euphemize (words) for the sake of politeness and decorum: Don't mince words: say what you mean.
v.intr.
1. To walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness.
2. To speak in an affected way.
n.
Finely chopped food, especially mincemeat.

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