mince

IPA(Pronunciation)

/mɪns/

Verb

transitive rare archaic figuratively intransitive

(transitive) To make less; make small. / (transitive) To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise. / (transitive, rare) To effect mincingly.

Japanese Meaning

減らす、少なくする / 軽んじる、過小評価する / （稀に）細かく刻んだようにする、またはその様態で行う

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Facing budget cuts, the team had to mince their expenses to keep the project alive.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

予算削減に直面し、チームはプロジェクトを存続させるために経費を減らさなければならなかった。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To make less; make small.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.

Sense（3）

(transitive, rare) To effect mincingly.

Sense（4）

(transitive, cooking) To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.

Butchers often use machines to mince meat.

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Sense（5）

(archaic, transitive, figuratively) To suppress or weaken the force of

Siren, now mince the sin, / And mollify damnation with a phrase.

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Sense（6）

To say or utter vaguely, not directly or frankly

Sense（7）

(transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.

In some districts of England ll is sounded like w, thus bowd (booud) for BOLD, bw (buu) for BULL, caw (kau) for CALL. But this pronunciation is merely a provincialism, and not to be imitated unless you wish to mince like these blunderers.

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