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1. (v.t.) mince
to cut or chop into very small pieces.
2. mince
to moderate or soften, esp. for the sake of decorum or courtesy:
He was angry and didn't mince words.
3. mince
to perform or utter with affected elegance.
4. mince
to subdivide minutely.
5. (v.i.) mince
to move with short, affectedly dainty steps.
6. (n.) mince
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
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| Definition of 'mince' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) mince
food chopped into small bits
"a mince of mushrooms"
2. (verb) mince, soften, moderate
make less severe or harsh
"He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"
3. (verb) mince
walk daintily
"She minced down the street"
4. (verb) mince
cut into small pieces
"mince the garlic"
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| Definition of 'mince' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) mince
a short, precise step; an affected manner
2. (verb) mince
to cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat
3. (verb) mince
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
4. (verb) mince
to affect; to make a parade of
5. (verb) mince
to walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner
6. (verb) mince
to act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner
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Sense: to cut into small pieces or chop finely
Would you like me to mince the meat for you?
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 Afrikaans: maal |
 Arabic: يَفْرُم، يُقَسِّم إلى أجْ |
 Bulgarian: кълцам |
 Brazilian: picar |
 Czech: rozsekat, rozkrájet |
 German: kleinhacken |
 Danish: hakke |
 Greek: ψιλοκόβω |
 Spanish: picar |
 Estonian: hakkima |
 Farsi: ريز ريز کردن |
 Finnish: jauhaa |
 French: hacher |
 Hebrew: לִקצוֹץ |
 Hindi: छोटा छोटा काटना |
 Croatian: sjeckati |
 Hungarian: apróra vagdal |
 Indonesian: mencincang |
 Icelandic: hakka, brytja smátt |
 Italian: tritare |
 Japanese: 切り刻む |
 Korean: (고기, 채소 등을) 잘게 썰다 |
 Lithuanian: (su)malti, smulkiai (su)k |
 Latvian: []malt; []kapāt |
 Malay: mencencang |
 Dutch: fijnsnijden |
 Norwegian: finhakke, kverne (kjøtt) |
 Polish: siekać, mleć |
 Persian: ريز ريز کردن |
 Pashto: وړ وړ ټوټه كول |
 Portuguese: picar |
 Romanian: a toca |
 Russian: пропускать через мясорубк |
 Slovak: rozsekať, rozkrájať |
 Slovenian: sesekljati |
 Serbian: mleti |
 Swedish: hacka, mala |
 Thai: สับ |
 Turkish: kıyma yapmak, kıymak |
 Taiwanese: 剁碎 |
 Ukrainian: дрібно сікти, пропускати |
 Urdu: چھوٹے چھوٹے ٹکڑوں میں کاٹ |
 Vietnamese: cắt nhỏ |
 Chinese: 切碎 |
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