(~s, mincing, ~d)
1.
Mince is meat which has been cut into very small pieces using a machine. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use ground beef , hamburger meat )
Brown the ~ in a frying pan.
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2.
If you ~ food such as meat, you put it into a machine which cuts it into very small pieces. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use grind )
Perhaps I’ll buy lean meat and ~ it myself.
...~d beef.
VERB: V n, V-ed
3.
If you say that someone, especially a homosexual man, ~s somewhere, you mean that they walk there with quick small steps.
They ~d in, in beach costumes and make-up.
VERB: V prep/adv disapproval
4.
If you say that someone does not ~ their words, you mean that they speak in a forceful and direct way, especially when saying something unpleasant to someone.
The doctors didn’t ~ their words, and predicted the worst...
PHRASE: V inflects, with brd-neg