mince

[Mince]

To mince is to chop into tiny bits. Your favorite soup recipe might include directions to mince four cloves of garlic.

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To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.

Noun
food chopped into small bits; "a mince of mushrooms"

Verb
make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"

Verb
cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic"

Verb
walk daintily; "She minced down the street"

v. t.
To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.

v. t.
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. t.
To affect; to make a parade of.

v. i.
To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

v. i.
To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

n.
A short, precise step; an affected manner.

Mince

Mince , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Minging .] [AS. minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G. minder less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor, adj. (cf. Minor); or more likely fr. F. mincer to mince, prob. from (assumed) LL. minutiare. . See Minish.] 1. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. Bacon. 2. 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.

I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say -- "I love you."

Siren, now mince the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase.

If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him.

3. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] Shak.

Mince

Mince, v. i. 1. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,... mincing as they go.

I 'll... turn two mincing steps Into a manly stride.

2. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

Mince

Mince, n. A short, precise step; an affected manner.

To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.

To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

A short, precise step; an affected manner.

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Usage Examples

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

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Other Usage Examples

I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.

The money I pay for my cultural experiences came willingly from my own pocket - they were not the result of bread being removed from the mouths of the poor so that Miss Thing here could mince off to the circus smelling of roses.

Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well.