Meaning of "mince" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MINCE

From Old French mincier, from Vulgar Latin minūtiāre (unattested), from Late Latin minūtia smallness.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MINCE

mince  [mɪns]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINCE

Mince is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mince in English.

WHAT DOES MINCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mincing

Mincing is a food preparation technique in which food ingredients are finely divided into uniform pieces. Minced food is in smaller pieces than diced or chopped foods, and is often prepared with a chef's knife or food processor. For a true mince, the effect is to create a closely bonded mixture of ingredients and a soft or pasty texture. However, in many recipes, the intention is for firmer foods such as onions and other root vegetables to remain in individual chunks when minced. Flavoring ingredients such as garlic, ginger, and fresh herbs may be minced in this way to distribute flavor more evenly in a mixture. Additionally bruising of the tissue can release juices and oils to deliver flavors uniformly in a sauce. Mincemeat tarts and pâtés employ mincing in the preparation of moldable paste. Meat is also minced and this cooking technique is used in Greek cuisine.

Definition of mince in the English dictionary

The first definition of mince in the dictionary is to chop, grind, or cut into very small pieces. Other definition of mince is to soften or moderate, esp for the sake of convention or politeness. Mince is also to walk or speak in an affected dainty manner.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MINCE

PRESENT

Present

I mince

you mince

he/she/it minces

we mince

you mince

they mince

Present continuous

I am mincing

you are mincing

he/she/it is mincing

we are mincing

you are mincing

they are mincing

Present perfect

I have minced

you have minced

he/she/it has minced

we have minced

you have minced

they have minced

Present perfect continuous

I have been mincing

you have been mincing

he/she/it has been mincing

we have been mincing

you have been mincing

they have been mincing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I minced

you minced

he/she/it minced

we minced

you minced

they minced

Past continuous

I was mincing

you were mincing

he/she/it was mincing

we were mincing

you were mincing

they were mincing

Past perfect

I had minced

you had minced

he/she/it had minced

we had minced

you had minced

they had minced

Past perfect continuous

I had been mincing

you had been mincing

he/she/it had been mincing

we had been mincing

you had been mincing

they had been mincing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will mince

you will mince

he/she/it will mince

we will mince

you will mince

they will mince

Future continuous

I will be mincing

you will be mincing

he/she/it will be mincing

we will be mincing

you will be mincing

they will be mincing

Future perfect

I will have minced

you will have minced

he/she/it will have minced

we will have minced

you will have minced

they will have minced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been mincing

you will have been mincing

he/she/it will have been mincing

we will have been mincing

you will have been mincing

they will have been mincing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would mince

you would mince

he/she/it would mince

we would mince

you would mince

they would mince

Conditional continuous

I would be mincing

you would be mincing

he/she/it would be mincing

we would be mincing

you would be mincing

they would be mincing

Conditional perfect

I would have mince

you would have mince

he/she/it would have mince

we would have mince

you would have mince

they would have mince

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been mincing

you would have been mincing

he/she/it would have been mincing

we would have been mincing

you would have been mincing

they would have been mincing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you mince
we let´s mince
you mince

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to mince

Past participle

minced

Present Participle

mincing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MINCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mince» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of mince

attitudinize · crumble · cut · dice · diminish · euphemize · extenuate · grind · hash · hold back · moderate · palliate · ponce · pose · posture · soften · spare · tone down · weaken

TRANSLATION OF MINCE

Find out the translation of mince to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mince from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mince» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 碎肉
• Translator English - Spanish: carne picada
• English: mince
• Translator English - Hindi: कीमा
• Translator English - Arabic: لَـحْمٌ مَفْرُومٌ
• Translator English - Russian: фарш
• Translator English - Portuguese: carne moída
• Translator English - Bengali: কুচি কুচি করিয়া কাটা
• Translator English - French: viande hachée
• Translator English - Malay: Mince
• Translator English - German: Hackfleisch
• Translator English - Japanese: 挽肉
• Translator English - Korean: 저민 고기
• Translator English - Javanese: Mince
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thịt băm
• Translator English - Tamil: நறுக்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: Mince
• Translator English - Turkish: kıyma
• Translator English - Italian: carne tritata
• Translator English - Polish: mięso mielone
• Translator English - Ukrainian: фарш
• Translator English - Romanian: carne tocată
• Translator English - Greek: κιμάς
• Translator English - Afrikaans: maalvleis
• Translator English - Swedish: köttfärs
• Translator English - Norwegian: kjøttdeig

7 QUOTES WITH «MINCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mince.

1

Julie Gonzalo

I do a chimichurri sauce with garlic, parsley, olive oil, and red and black pepper. You just mince the garlic and the parsley and mix it all together. Brush a little of that on a steak and it kicks it up, like, 10 notches.

2

Will Hermes

Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, 'I'm New Here,' doesn't mince words either, but instead of political battles, these songs suggest he's fighting personal ones.

3

Ian St. John

Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well.

4

Edward Lear

They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon.

5

Shannon Lucid

I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.

6

Rand Paul

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

7

Edward Young

The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINCE»

Discover the use of mince in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mince and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Mince!

This is a timely book of approachable and affordable food that?maps a love affair with meat in its most miniscule but versatile form.

Mitzie Wilson, 2012

Mince a framework for organizational maturity

ref. description MGQ MINCE Group qualifications required: MGQ-a-2.1 MINCE Group Knowledge MGQ-a-2.1.1 Academic degree in economics, psychology, organizational science or a technical discipline. MGQ-a-2.1.2 Detailed knowledge ...

Remco Meisner, 2011

Mince Pie: Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street

Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street Christopher Morley. Mince Pie Christopher Morley Mince Pie Christopher Morley. Front Cover.

Christopher Morley, 1947

Kaotic Kitchen - Mince and Sausages

Kaotic Kitchen: Mince & Sausages provides you with interesting and easy to prepare alternatives that enable you to serve mouth-watering meals that won't break the budget.

Sally Tullberg, Amanda Trapnell, 2009

Mince-pie island, with other tales in prose and verse

He wore a magnificent white shirt, with frills that the laundress charged twelve guineas for merely ironing ; his studs were of the finest Mince Pie opals, and his waistcoat covered with embroidery of pure gold. A valet brought him a most ...

Robert St. John Corbet, 1868

A Romance of a Mince-Pie; an incident in the life of John ...

With a tolerably profuse hand he sprinkled the arsenic over the savoury contents of the mince-pie; and then hastily'flinging the remainder of the drug into the fire, covered the deadly pasty with its saucerlike top, and was in the act of depositing  ...

Angus Bethune Reach, 1848

Seafood Safety, Processing, and Biotechnology

Chong M. Lee Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 0288 J Due to depletion of ground fish stock and subsequent drop in fillet production, the use of cryostabilized fish mince from a variety offish sources  ...

Fereidoon Shahidi, Yvonne M. Jones, David Kitts, 1997

A Romance of a Mince-pie: An Incident in the Life of John ...

An Incident in the Life of John Chirrup, of Forty-winks, Pastry-cook and Confectioner Angus Bethune Reach. hu.rry that you stuck the hook in the hem, and not in the eye ?" “ Go down stairs I” said Chirrup, in a voice which blanched the cheeks ...

Angus Bethune Reach, 1848

Seafoods

Most of the mechanical separation techniques are based on the physical screening of flesh from non-flesh components through a perforator filter. With the advent of drum flesh bone separators, fish mince production from the filleted fish frames ...

Cesarettin Alasalvar, Tony Taylor, 2002

The Calorie< Carb & Fat Bible 2007: The UK's Most ...

Mince, Finest, Tesco* 1 Pie/61 g 234 384 4.3 59.9 14.1 2.7 Mince, Free From, Tesco* 1 Pie/60g 188 314 2.0 58.4 8.0 4.8 214 375 Mince, Iced Top, Tesco* 1 Serving/52g 202 387 2.8 65.7 12.5 1.1 Mince, Individual 1 Pie/48g 203 423 4.3 59.0 ...

Juliette Kellow, Rebecca Walton, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mince is used in the context of the following news items.

Waikato's winning pies

Sopheap Chouk from Te Awamutu Bakehouse Cafe won a gold award for his mince and cheese pies in the Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Awards. «Waikato Times, Jul 15»

Pie bakers snaffle awards

More than 500 bakers entered the competition that saw more than 378 entries in the steak-and-cheese category and 340 mince-and-cheese ... «SunLive, Jul 15»

LVG fury over 'very bad' United

Asked to assess the performance of new signing Schweinsteiger, Van Gaal didn't mince his words. "He was also bad," the Dutchman said, ... «SuperSport, Jul 15»

Van Gaal fury over 'very bad' United

Asked to assess the performance of new signing Schweinsteiger, van Gaal didn't mince his words. "He was also bad," the Dutchman said, ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»

Rival Bush worries that Trump may wreck GOP's White House chances

He didn't mince words about Trump's statements. "The problem with Mr. Trump's language is, it's divisive. It's ugly. It's mean-spirited," Bush said. He voiced fears ... «WWBT NBC12 News, Jul 15»

Emma Thompson Says Hollywood Sexism Is Worse Than Ever

Emma Thompson thinks that the movie industry has regressed when it comes to its treatment of women. Thompson, who's never one to mince ... «Variety, Jul 15»

'Hermit of Fort Fisher' moves to bigger stage

Steve Vernon doesn't mince words when it comes to the staging of "The Hermit of Fort Fisher" at Wilmington's Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, ... «StarNewsOnline.com, Jul 15»

Satterfield: App State is hungry

The only real question mark for the Mountaineers this season is special teams, which Satterfield didn't mince words when it came to addressing ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»

FESTIVAL REPORT: Nos Alive

There's a raging mince, Carry On-style nipple poking, blowing raspberries into the mic, a frantic fake masturbating, tongue flicks, that thing he ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»

Liam Rudden: Carry On enjoying the Fringe

... of entertainment on your doorstep? And what could be more disheartening than realising a great deal of the content is just, well, mince. «Edinburgh Evening News, Jul 15»