Mince

Quick meaning: Mince is a noun meaning (uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.

Meaning

(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
2. (countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
3. (countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
4. (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie).
5. (UK, slang, uncountable) Something worthless; rubbish.
6. (transitive) To make less; to make small.
7. (transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

Example Sentences

During Christmas time my dad loves to eat mince pies.

Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.

[...] a smiling man, portly and impressive, coming toward them with a dignified mince in his walk.

She was just the same; she had a light way of walking and she always wore flat heels so she didn't have that mince like most girls.

Word Forms

• minces
• minch
• minse
• mincing
• minced

Synonyms for mince

Depending on context, synonyms include abase, abate, belittle, besmall, embase, cut.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soften, moderate, chop, hash, swallow, chew.

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