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- Dictionarymince/mɪns/
verb
- 1. cut up or grind (food, especially meat) into very small pieces, typically in a machine with revolving blades: "use a food processor to mince the lamb" Similar
- 2. walk with short quick steps in an affectedly dainty manner: "there were plenty of secretaries mincing about" Similar
noun
- 1. minced meat, especially beef: British "stir in the mince and fry until browned"
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to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces, often using a special machine: Mince two pounds of chicken finely. The lamb is minced, mixed with spices, and formed into meatballs. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. a. : to cut or chop into very small pieces. She minced the garlic. b. : to subdivide minutely. especially : to damage by cutting up. The director minced up the play. 2. : to utter or pronounce with affectation. minced the word in the manner of the old lady. 3. archaic : minimize. b. : to restrain (words) within the bounds of decorum.
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.
verb (used with object) , minced, minc·ing. to cut or chop into very small pieces. to soften, moderate, or weaken (one's words), especially for the sake of decorum or courtesy. to perform or utter with affected elegance.
1. ( tr) to chop, grind, or cut into very small pieces. 2. ( tr) to soften or moderate, esp for the sake of convention or politeness: I didn't mince my words.
MINCE meaning: 1. meat, usually beef, that has been cut up into very small pieces, often using a special machine…. Learn more.
To mince is to chop into tiny bits. Your favorite soup recipe might include directions to mince four cloves of garlic. When you dice an onion into very small pieces, you mince it, and when you grind meat very fine to make sausage or mincemeat, you also mince.
Mince definition: To pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance and refinement.
to say something in a direct way even though it might offend other people. They were severely criticized by the chairman, who was not a man to mince his words. He doesn't mince his words when he talks about his ex-boss. See mince in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: mince.
mince meaning: 1. meat, usually from a cow, which has been cut into very small pieces by a machine 2. to cut food…. Learn more.
