Mince

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cut or chop into very small pieces.
  • v. To subdivide (land, for example) into minute parts.
  • v. To pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance and refinement.
  • v. To moderate or restrain (words) for the sake of politeness and decorum; euphemize: Don't mince words: say what you mean.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak in an affected way.
  • n. Finely chopped food, especially mincemeat.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Finely chopped meat.
  • n. Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
  • n. An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
  • n. An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
  • v. To make less; make small.
  • v. To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.
  • v. To effect mincingly.
  • v. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.
  • v. To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.
  • v. To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
  • v. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
  • v. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
  • v. To diminish the force of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash.
  • v. To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.
  • v. To affect; to make a parade of.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
  • verb-intransitive. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
  • n. A short, precise step; an affected manner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make less; make small; specifically, to cut or chop into very small pieces: as, to mince meat.
  • To lessen; diminish; especially, to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimize.
  • To utter primly: bring or show forth sparingly or in a half-spoken way; hence, to display with affected delicacy; use affectation in regard to: as, to mince one's words or a narrative; to mince the lapses of one's neighbors; a minced oath.
  • To effect mincingly.
  • To walk with short steps or with affected nicety; affect delicacy in manner.
  • To speak with affected elegance.
  • n. Same as mince-meat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. food chopped into small bits
  • v. make less severe or harsh
  • v. walk daintily
  • v. cut into small pieces
  • Verb Form
    minced    minces    mincing   
    Hypernym
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    nutrition    nourishment    alimentation    nutriment    sustenance    victuals    aliment    change    modify    alter   
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    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hash    extenuate    palliate    affect    mince-meat    forcemeat    force    chop    mangle    go   
    Rhyme
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    Ince    Prince    Vince    convince    evince    lince    linse    prince    quince    rinse   
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