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Word: mince
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Meaning:
Noun:
- countable An affected manner.
- countable A short, precise step.
- uncountable Finely chopped meat.
- uncountable Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
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Verb:
- intransitive To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
- intransitive To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
- cooking To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.
- transitive To affect; to make a parade of.
- transitive 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.
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