Definition of Mince. Meaning of Mince. Synonyms of Mince

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Mince. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Mince and, of course, Mince synonyms and on the right images related to the word Mince.

Definition of Mince

Mince
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.' --Shak. Siren, now mince the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase. --Dryden. 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. --Dryden. 3. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] --Shak.
Mince
Mince Mince, n. A short, precise step; an affected manner.

Meaning of Mince from wikipedia

- Mincing is a food preparation technique in which food ingredients are finely divided into uniform pieces. Minced food is in smaller pieces than diced or...
- Look up mince in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mince may refer to: MINCE, an early text editor for CP/M microcomputers Mincing, a food preparation...
- A mince pie (also mincemeat pie in North America, and fruit mince pie in Australia and New Zealand) is a sweet pie of English origin filled with mincemeat...
- MINCE is a text editor, originally created for 8080-based microcomputers running the CP/M operating system. Later versions of MINCE were available for...
- Mince and tatties is a Scottish dish which consists of ground beef and mashed potato. Other vegetables or thickening agents are sometimes added to the...
- venison. Many modern recipes replace the suet with vegetable shortening. The "mince" in mincemeat comes from the Middle English mincen, and the Old French mincier...
- Mince on toast is a food item that consists of cooked ground meat on a slice of toasted bread. The minced meat is typically seasoned with garlic, onions...
- Ground beef, minced beef or beef mince is beef that has been finely chopped with a knife, meat grinder (American English), mincer or mincing machine (British...
- Athletico Mince is a British comedy podcast hosted by Bob Mortimer and Andy Dawson. The series began life as a humorous take on the world of football...
- Ground meat, called mince or minced meat outside North America, is meat finely chopped by a meat grinder or a chopping knife. A common type of ground...