MINCE


Meaning of MINCE in English

(~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.

N-UNCOUNT

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

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