mince

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Synonyms: wince, mine, since, minge, minde, pince, vince, minke, mice, ince, minae

Antonyms: wince, mine, since, minge, minde, pince, vince, minke, mice, ince, minae

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[fine|Finely]] [[chopped]] [[meat]]; [[minced meat]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Finely chopped [[mixed]] [[fruit]] used in [[Christmas]] [[pies]]; [[mincemeat]].
3. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[affected]] (often [[dainty]] or [[short]] and [[precise]]) [[gait]].
4. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[affected]] [[manner]], [[especially]] of speaking; an affectation.
5. {{lb|en|countable|Cockney rhyming slang|mostly|in the plural}} An [[eye]] (from {{m|en|mince pie}}).
6. {{lb|en|UK|slang|uncountable}} Something [[worthless]]; [[rubbish]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[less]]; to make small.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[lessen]]; to [[diminish]]; to diminish in [[speak]]ing; to [[speak of]] [[lightly]] or [[slightingly]]; to [[minimise]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive|rare}} To [[effect]] [[mincingly]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|cooking}} To [[cut]] into very [[small]] [[piece]]s; to [[chop]] [[finely]].
5. {{lb|en|archaic|transitive|figuratively}} To [[suppress]] or [[weaken]] the [[force]] of.
6. To [[say]] or [[utter]] [[vaguely]] (not [[directly]] or [[frankly]]).
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[affect]]; to [[pronounce]] [[affectedly]] or with an [[accent]].
8. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[walk]] with [[short]] [[step]]s; to walk in a [[prim]], [[affected]] [[manner]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[act]] or [[talk]] with [[affected]] [[nicety]]; to [[affect]] [[delicacy]] in [[manner]].

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