mince
- Noun. (uncountable) Finely chopped meat.
- Noun. (uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
- Noun. (countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
- Noun. (countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
- Verb. (transitive) To make less; make small.
- Verb. (transitive) To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.
- Verb. (transitive, rare) To effect mincingly.
- Verb. (transitive, cooking) To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.
- Verb. (transitive) 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.
- Verb. (transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
- 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.
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