mince
mince
Definition
mince (mins)
transitive verb minced, minc′·ing
- to cut up or chop up (meat, etc.) into very small pieces; hash
- to subdivide minutely
- to express or do with affected elegance or daintiness
- to lessen the force of; weaken, as by euphemism to mince no words
Etymology: ME mincen < OFr mincier < VL *minutiare < L minutus, small: see minute
intransitive verb
- to speak or act with affected elegance or daintiness
- to walk with short steps or in an affected, dainty manner
noun
minc′er noun
not mince matters
to speak frankly
mince
Synonyms
mince
v.
mince
Usage Examples
Object
- pie: Roast Beef, plum pudding, mince pies - Who likes them better, Happy Jack or I?
- beef: Unlike rare cooked steaks, burgers are composed of minced beef.
- garlic: Useful Tips Freshly crushed garlic may be used instead of minced garlic.
- lamb: You can also use minced lamb or pork instead of the beef.
- pork: But you can also use minced pork instead of prawns, leave out the eggs and add or omit vegetables of your choice.
- shallot: Minced shallot ( about 1 shallot ) 1 tsp.
Adjective modifier
- raw: If you are sure the bird is an insect eater raw mince or tinned cat food can be mixed in.
- lean: Baking potatoes in the microwave or oven and topping with beans or chili made from lean mince will make a filling meal.
Modifies a noun
- pie: Organic mince pies were up 50 % followed by organic turkey at 33 % , the chain said.
- meat: A big fight is taking place in South Africa and your soldiers will probably be cut into mince meat.
Modifying Another Word
- finely: The cartilage will be finely minced, and special stem cells removed so that they can be grown in culture in the lab.
- about: No, he's not shouting or mincing about with a daft dance routine.
- n't: Why wo n't mince brown the way they tell you?
- not: In his wartime essay, ' My Country Right or Left ' , Orwell does not mince his words.
- never: He never minced his words nor compromised his beliefs.
- by: Carols, followed by mince pies and soft drinks.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- around: God wants you to find your maximum expression dancing to His beat, not feeling pressured to mince around awkwardly to somebody else's.
- up: The sauce Garam Masala, a little chili powder, ginger and garlic, all minced up and whizzed, then fried in ghee.
Followed by a transitive particle
- up: They were a bit like an office paper shredder, except more robust, because they were designed to mince up old plastic.
Used with why or when
- when: Well my only answer to that is " why eat mince when you could eat steak " ?
mince Quotes
They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon.
Browse dictionary entries near mince
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- mind
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- mind one's p's and q's
