mince

/mɪns/ · noun

Meaning

Finely chopped meat.
Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
(chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie).
To make less; make small.
To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.
To effect mincingly.
To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.
To suppress or weaken the force of
To say or utter vaguely, not directly or frankly

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