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.