Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive verb
To affect; to make a parade of.
- 4intransitive verb
To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
- 5intransitive verb
To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
- 6noun
A short, precise step; an affected manner.
- 7noun
food chopped into small bits
"a mince of mushrooms"
- 8verb
make less severe or harsh
"He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"
- 9verb
cut into small pieces
"mince the garlic"
- 10verb
walk daintily
"She minced down the street"
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