mince
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mince
cut into very small pieces: mince onions; soften or moderate one’s words: mince words; to walk with short dainty steps: She minces along like a little girl.
Not to be confused with:
mints – plural of mint; aromatic herbs; candies; produces money: mints coins
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mince
(mĭns)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.
[Middle English mincen, from Old French mincier, from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre, from Latin minūtia, smallness; see minutia.]
minc′er n.
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mince
(mɪns)vb
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.
3. (intr) to walk or speak in an affected dainty manner
n
4. (Cookery) chiefly Brit minced meat
5. informal nonsensical rubbish
[C14: from Old French mincier, from Vulgar Latin minūtiāre (unattested), from Late Latin minūtia smallness; see minutiae]
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mince
(mɪns)v. minced, minc•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to cut or chop into very small pieces.
2. to moderate or soften, esp. for the sake of decorum or courtesy: He was angry and didn't mince words.
3. to perform or utter with affected elegance.
4. to subdivide minutely.
v.i. 5. to move with short, affectedly dainty steps.
n. 6. something cut up very small; mincemeat.
minc′er, n.
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mince
- Can mean "lessen or diminish (something)" or "minimize."See also related terms for lessen.
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mince
Past participle: minced
Gerund: mincing
| Imperative |
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| mince |
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mince
ground beef or hamburger
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| Noun | 1. |  mince - food chopped into small bits; "a mince of mushrooms"aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals, nutrition - a source of materials to nourish the body |
| Verb | 1. | mince - make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" |
| 2. |  mince - walk daintily; "She minced down the street"walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" | |
| 3. |  mince - cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic" |
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mince
verb
2. posture, pose, ponce (slang), attitudinize `Ooh, a sailor!' he minced and she laughed aloud.
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Translations
لَـحْمٌ مَفْرُومٌلَحْم مَفْروميسير في خُطُواتٍ قَصيرَهيَفْرُم، يُقَسِّم إلى أجْزاء
cupitatmleté masorozkrájetrozsekatsekaná
hakkehakkekødtrippe
jauheliha
mljeveno meso
apróra vagdalfinomkodva lépkedvagdalt hús
ganga á tilgerîarlegan hátt, tiplahakk, hakkaî kjöthakka, brytja smátt
挽肉
저민 고기
bidzentidžiovintų vaisių įdarasfaršaskapotinėmėsmalė
kapātmaltmalta/kapāta gaļasakapātsamalt
mielićmielonemięso mielone
pricupkaťrozkrájaťsekaná
sekljati
köttfärs
เนื้อบด
kıymakıyma yapmakkıymakkırıtarak yürümek
thịt băm
mince
[mɪns]B. VT
1. [+ meat] → picar
C. VI (in walking) → andar con pasos medidos; (in talking) → hablar remilgadamente
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mince
[ˈmɪns] vt
[+ meat] → hacher
Perhaps I'll buy lean meat and mince it myself → Je vais peut-être acheter de la viande maigre et la hacher moi-même.
Perhaps I'll buy lean meat and mince it myself → Je vais peut-être acheter de la viande maigre et la hacher moi-même.
to mince one's words
He doesn't mince his words → Il ne mâche pas ses mots.
She's not one to mince words → Elle n'est pas du genre à mâcher ses mots.
Never one to mince words, Carlie told her daughter that her looks were fading → Jamais du genre à mâcher ses mots, Carlie dit à sa fille que sa beauté se fanait.
He doesn't mince his words → Il ne mâche pas ses mots.
She's not one to mince words → Elle n'est pas du genre à mâcher ses mots.
Never one to mince words, Carlie told her daughter that her looks were fading → Jamais du genre à mâcher ses mots, Carlie dit à sa fille que sa beauté se fanait.
vi (in walking) → marcher à petits pas maniérés
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mince
n (esp Brit) → Hackfleisch nt, → Gehackte(s) nt
vt (esp Brit) meat → hacken, durch den Fleischwolf drehen; he doesn’t mince his words → er nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund; he didn’t mince matters → er sagte es mal ganz deutlich or brutal (inf)
vi (Brit) (= walk) → tänzeln, trippeln, scharwenzeln; (= behave/speak) → sich geziert benehmen/ausdrücken
mince
:mincemeat
mince pie
n mit Mincemeat gefülltes Gebäck
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mince
(mins) verb1. to cut into small pieces or chop finely. Would you like me to mince the meat for you?
2. to walk with short steps, in an unpleasantly dainty or delicate way. She minced over to him.
noun meat (usually beef) chopped up into small pieces. mince and potatoes.
ˈmincer noun a machine for mincing meat etc. Could you put the meat in the mincer?
ˈmincing adjective too dainty or prim. He walked with little mincing steps.
ˈmincingly adverbˈmincemeat noun
a mixture of raisins, other fruits etc, usually with suet (used in baking ˌmince-ˈpies).
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mince
→ لَـحْمٌ مَفْرُومٌ mleté maso hakke Hackfleisch κιμάς carne picada jauheliha viande hachée mljeveno meso carne tritata 挽肉 저민 고기 gehakt kjøttdeig mięso mielone carne moída, carne picada фарш köttfärs เนื้อบด kıyma thịt băm 碎肉Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009