mince, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

mince (minces 3rd person present) (mincing present participle) (minced past tense & past participle )

1  n-uncount Mince is meat which has been cut into very small pieces using a machine.
(mainly BRIT)
Brown the mince in a frying pan.
in AM, use ground beef, hamburger meat

2  verb If you mince food such as meat, you put it into a machine which cuts it into very small pieces.
(mainly BRIT)
Perhaps I'll buy lean meat and mince it myself.  V n
...minced beef.  V-ed
in AM, usually use grind

3 verb If you say that someone, especially a homosexual man, minces somewhere, you mean that they walk there with quick small steps., (disapproval) They minced in, in beach costumes and make-up. V prep/adv

4 If you say that someone does not mince their words, you mean that they speak in a forceful and direct way, especially when saying something unpleasant to someone.
♦ not mince your words/ not mince words phrase V inflects, with brd-neg
The doctors didn't mince their words, and predicted the worst...