Crossword clues for minced
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mince \Mince\ (m[i^]ns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minced (m[i^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Minging (m[i^]n"s[i^]ng).] [AS. minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G. minder less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor, adj. (cf. Minor); or more likely fr. F. mincer to mince, prob. from (assumed) LL. minutiare. [root]10
See Minish.] 1. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.
--Bacon.-
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; as, he doesn't mince words.
I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say -- ``I love you.''
--Shak.Siren, now mince the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase.
--Dryden.If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him.
--Dryden. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
1 finely chopped 2 minutely subdivided v
(en-past of: mince)
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "minced".
He minced off giving the menu a flap as if to fan his face, and I followed him, back towards the car-park, then through a timber back-door and into a functional corridor.
Rice, Currants, Sugar, Prunes, Cynamon, Ginger, Pepper, Cloves, Green Ginger, Oil, Butter, Holland cheese or old Cheese, Wine-Vinegar, Canarie-Sack, Aqua-vitae, the best Wines, the best Waters, the juyce of Limons for the scurvy, white Bisket, Oatmeal, Gammons of Bacons, dried Neats tongues, Beef packed up in Vineger, Legs of Mutton minced and stewed, and close packed up, with tried Sewet or Butter in earthen Pots.
Wines, the best Waters, the juyce of Limons for the scurvy, white Bisket, Oatmeal, Gammons of Bacons, dried Neats tongues, Beef packed up in Vineger, Legs of Mutton minced and stewed, and close packed up, with tried Sewet or Butter in earthen Pots.
Grosvenor Square, Comte de Cavilon stepped from his closed coach with exaggerated steps and minced to the door.
Comte de Cavilon minced forward through the crowd of men with a flutter of his kerchief.
Flake cold cooked cod and reheat with butter, pepper, salt, minced parsley, cayenne, and lemon-juice.
The hideous beast, resembling a stilt-legged rhino with a ceratopsian neck frill and wicked glowing eyes, minced in and out of the bodies without stepping on a single one.
Sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter, brown in the oven, and sprinkle with minced parsley.
Prepare a stuffing of one cupful of cracker crumbs, one cupful of oysters, one quarter of a cupful of melted butter, and salt, pepper, minced parsley, and lemon-juice to season.
The minced mammoth meat was rehydrated by adding deionized water and a minute amount of fungicide to prevent the possible growth of fungi.
While some fetuses contributed whole ovary preparations, others had their ovaries minced and cultured, and others were reduced to providing disaggregated germ cell lines.
Parkwood Giller minced forward to meet him, clearly enjoying his central role in this popular drama.
Sir Parkwood Giller minced forward to meet him, clearly enjoying his central role in this popular drama.
Shortly past noon, Nok Lek brought Edgar his lunch, a large bowl of rice noodles drenched in a thick broth that the boy said was made from a type of bean, garnished with minced meat and peppers.
Add enough mashed potatoes to make the required quantity of stuffing, and season with salt, pepper, minced parsley, and melted butter.