1. Cut into small pieces
   "mince the garlic"
    
2. Walk daintily
   "She minced down the street"
    
3. Make less severe or harsh
   "She minced her words to avoid causing offence";
   - soften, moderate

1. Food chopped into small bits
   "a mince of mushrooms"
    
2. Beef that has been ground
   "She used lean mince for her homemade burgers";
   - ground beef [N. Amer], hamburger

Sounds like: mills, mince, m

Derived forms: minced, mincing, minces

Type of: aliment [archaic], alter, beef, boeuf, change, chop, chop up, modify, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals, vittles [archaic], walk

Part of: beefburger, burger, hamburger

Encyclopedia: Mince