mince /mins/

1. To cut into small pieces
2. To chop finely
3. To diminish, or suppress a part of, in speaking
4. To pronounce affectedly

1. To walk with affected nicety, usu with quick short steps
2. To speak affectedly

1. Minced meat
2. Mincemeat

mincˈer noun

1. A person who minces
2. A machine for mincing meat, etc

mincˈing adjective

1. Not speaking frankly or openly
2. Speaking or walking with affected nicety esp in an ostentatiously camp manner

mincˈingly adverb

minced collops see under collop

minceˈmeat noun

1. Meat chopped small
2. Hence anything thoroughly broken or cut to pieces
3. A chopped, spiced mixture of dried fruit, peel, suet and other ingredients, usu steeped in brandy

mince pie noun

A pie made with mincemeat, esp in the latter sense

make mincemeat of

To destroy utterly (esp figurative)

mince matters or words

To speak of things with affected delicacy, or to soften an account unduly

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