transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪns ]
( minces, mincing, minced)
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 mince in a frying pan.
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2.
If you mince 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 mince it myself.
...minced beef.
VERB : V n , V-ed
3.
If you say that someone, especially a homosexual man, minces somewhere, you mean that they walk there with quick small steps.
They minced in, in beach costumes and make-up.
VERB : V prep / adv [ disapproval ]
4.
If you say that someone does not mince their words , you mean that they speak in a forceful and direct way, especially when saying something unpleasant to someone.
The doctors didn’t mince their words, and predicted the worst...
PHRASE : V inflects , with brd-neg