mince

mince is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.
2. transitive verb. To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.
3. transitive verb. To affect; to make a parade of.
4. intransitive verb. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
5. intransitive verb. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
6. noun. A short, precise step; an affected manner.
7. noun. food chopped into small bits

   "a mince of mushrooms"

8. verb. make less severe or harsh

   "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"

   Synonyms: moderate, soften

9. verb. cut into small pieces

   "mince the garlic"

10. verb. walk daintily

    "She minced down the street"

Synonyms

moderate, soften

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in mince:

menic

Common word forms

minced, mincer, minces, mincing

Words from these letters

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