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},
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"2": "ġeminsian",
"t": "to make less, make smaller, diminish"
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"name": "inh"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "mincer"
},
"expansion": "Old French mincer",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "fro",
"2": "mincier",
"3": "",
"4": "to cut into small pieces"
},
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},
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"2": "mince",
"3": "",
"4": "slender, slight, puny"
},
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},
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"2": "frk",
"3": "*minsto"
},
"expansion": "Frankish *minsto",
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"2": "*minnisto"
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"args": {
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"2": "*min"
},
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"name": "m"
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"2": "*minn",
"3": "",
"4": "small, less"
},
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"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*minniz",
"4": "",
"5": "less"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mey-",
"4": "",
"5": "small, little"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "minsōn",
"3": "",
"4": "to make less, make smaller"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon minsōn (“to make less, make smaller”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "minson",
"t": "to make smaller"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch minson (“to make smaller”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽",
"3": "",
"4": "to become less, diminish"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽 (minznan, “to become less, diminish”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "minska",
"3": "",
"4": "to reduce, lessen"
},
"expansion": "Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃",
"3": "",
"4": "slender, slight"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “slender, slight”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "min"
},
"expansion": "min",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ġeminsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *minnisōn, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną (“to make less”); partly from Old French mincer, mincier (“to cut into small pieces”), from mince (“slender, slight, puny”), from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”); both from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Old Saxon minsōn (“to make less, make smaller”), Old Dutch minson (“to make smaller”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽 (minznan, “to become less, diminish”), Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “slender, slight”). More at min.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "minces",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"text": "Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.",
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"Finely chopped meat; minced meat."
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"Finely",
"fine"
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"chopped",
"chopped"
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"meat",
"meat"
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"minced meat",
"minced meat"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat."
],
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "maalvleis"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "apw",
"lang": "Western Apache",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "itsį’ ik’aaní"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laḥm mafrūm",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لَحْم مَفْرُوم"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "qiymə"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "farš",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фарш"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kajmá",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кайма́"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carn picada"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carn picolada"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carn capolada"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carn trinxada"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "juk⁶ seoi³",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "肉碎"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "min⁵ zi⁶",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "免治"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "肉餡"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ròuxiàn",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "肉馅"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎi",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "醢"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suìròu",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "碎肉"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "miǎnzhìròu",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "免治肉"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kig divynys"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "cs",
"english": "meal",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sekaná"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gehakt"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "hakkliha"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "jauheliha"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hachis"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "viande hachée"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hackfleisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gehacktes"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hack"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hackepeter"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Austria",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Faschiertes"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kimás",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κιμάς"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "períkomma",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "περίκομμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "isíkion",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ἰσίκιον"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "vagdalt"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "hachajo"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "hachita karno"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "daging cincang"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mionfheoil"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "macinato"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"alt": "ひきにく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hikiniku",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "挽肉"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"alt": "にくあん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nikuan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "肉餡"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "minseumiteu",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "민스미트"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gogiso",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "고기소"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "minūtal"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "lt",
"english": "meal",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zuikis"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faršas (semi-finished)"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "meleno meso",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мелено месо"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "daging cincang"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "mīti kōnatunatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "mīti mōrohe"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tatsan max",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "татсан мах"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tataɣsan mik-a",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠮᠢᠬᠠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjøttdeig"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farse"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjøttdeig"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjøtdeig"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farse"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kıyma",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "قیمه"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qeyme",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "قیمه"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mięso mielone"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne moída"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "qīmā",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਕ਼ੀਮਾ"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne tocată"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "farš",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фарш"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mions"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "млевено месо"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "мљевено месо"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"neuter"
],
"word": "mleveno meso"
},
{
"_dis1": "42 33 9 3 11 3",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"ref": "2010, Tom Zoellner, Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World",
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"To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely."
],
"id": "en-mince-en-verb-2JXiDTyK",
"links": [
[
"cooking",
"cooking#Noun"
],
[
"cut",
"cut"
],
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"piece",
"piece"
],
[
"chop",
"chop"
],
[
"finely",
"finely"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, cooking) To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"cooking",
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "maal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aġal",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "աղալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎlcam",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "кълцам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "melja",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "меля"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "cit³ seoi³",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "切碎"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duòsuì",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "剁碎"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "hakken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "hienontaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "silputa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "hacher"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "picar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "trillar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "hacken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "wolfen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "kleinhacken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psilokóvo",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "ψιλοκόβω"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lianízo",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "λιανίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "tritare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "macinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ceñcram",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "ចិញ្ច្រាំ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mele",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "меле"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "kōnatunatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "hadgi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "finhakke"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xord-kardan",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "خرد کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mielić"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "picar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "ichiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "toca"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krošítʹ",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "кроши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "picar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "finhacka"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sàp",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "สับ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "btsabs",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "བཙབས"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "kıymak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "băm"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 17 0 83 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "bằm"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"ref": "1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Friar, or the Double Discovery",
"text": "Siren, now mince the sin, / And mollify damnation with a phrase.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To suppress or weaken the force of."
],
"id": "en-mince-en-verb--Ib66jkJ",
"links": [
[
"suppress",
"suppress"
],
[
"weaken",
"weaken"
],
[
"force",
"force"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, transitive, figuratively) To suppress or weaken the force of."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "extenuate"
},
{
"word": "palliate"
},
{
"word": "weaken"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"figuratively",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 4 0 1 91 0 2 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smekčavam",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "смекчавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 0 1 91 0 2 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "abschwächen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 0 1 91 0 2 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "unterdrücken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 0 1 91 0 2 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "mildern"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 0 1 91 0 2 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "moderare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 0 1 91 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preumenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "преуменьша́ть"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: ELAADEN (HNS) - Nora Tallis Found Alive",
"text": "Despite prolonged exposure to harsh conditions, medics say Nora Tallis returned to the Nexus in stable condition. In a statement to HNS, Tallis did not mince words. \"Never send me to that hellhole again.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "to mince one's words",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "a minced oath",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly)."
],
"id": "en-mince-en-verb-6ZUVrkZZ",
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"utter",
"utter"
],
[
"vaguely",
"vaguely"
],
[
"directly",
"directly"
],
[
"frankly",
"frankly"
]
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "3 5 14 12 15 3 3 6 2 3 3 3 12 8 10",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Gaits",
"orig": "en:Gaits",
"parents": [
"Body",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1869, Alexander J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, with special reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, part 1, page 194",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1905, George Henderson, The Gaelic Dialects, IV, in the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, published by Kuno Meyer and L. Chr. Stern, volume 5, page 98",
"text": "One may hear some speakers in Oxford mince brother into brover (brëvë); Bath into Baf; both into bof."
},
{
"ref": "1915, Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark",
"text": "\"The preacher said it was sympathetic,\" she minced the word, remembering Mr. Larsen's manner.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent."
],
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[
"affect",
"affect"
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[
"pronounce",
"pronounce"
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[
"affectedly",
"affectedly"
],
[
"accent",
"accent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent."
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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{
"_dis": "20 17 12 2 1 4 1 11 9 1 2 2 2 16 1",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner."
],
"id": "en-mince-en-verb-04FbDLl5",
"links": [
[
"walk",
"walk"
],
[
"short",
"short"
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[
"step",
"step"
],
[
"prim",
"prim"
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[
"affected",
"affected"
],
[
"manner",
"manner"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 14 7 4 2 1 3 63 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔnie",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "扭捏"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 14 7 4 2 1 3 63 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔniuniēniē",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "扭扭捏捏"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 14 7 4 2 1 3 63 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "sipsuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 14 7 4 2 1 3 63 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "trippeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 14 7 4 2 1 3 63 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "trippe"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 14 7 4 2 1 3 63 3",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "ichiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 14 7 4 2 1 3 63 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "semenitʹ",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "семенить"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I love going to gay bars and seeing drag queens mince around on stage.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner."
],
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[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"talk",
"talk"
],
[
"affected",
"affected"
],
[
"nicety",
"nicety"
],
[
"affect",
"affect"
],
[
"delicacy",
"delicacy"
],
[
"manner",
"manner"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner."
],
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"intransitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 1 1 0 7 6 84",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔnie",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "扭捏"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 1 1 0 7 6 84",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔniuniēniē",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "扭扭捏捏"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 1 1 0 7 6 84",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "sievistellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 1 1 0 7 6 84",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "keimailla"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 0 1 1 0 7 6 84",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "poustoférno",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "πουστοφέρνω"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/mɪns/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪns"
},
{
"homophone": "mints"
},
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"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "minse"
}
],
"word": "mince"
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English terms derived from Frankish",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (small)",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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{
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"2": "𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃",
"3": "",
"4": "slender, slight"
},
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"form": "minces",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"English uncountable nouns"
],
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{
"text": "Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Finely chopped meat; minced meat."
],
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[
"Finely",
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],
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"meat",
"meat"
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],
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"(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat."
],
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"uncountable"
]
},
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"English uncountable nouns"
],
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{
"text": "During Christmas time my dad loves to eat mince pies.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat."
],
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[
"mixed",
"mixed"
],
[
"fruit",
"fruit"
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[
"Christmas",
"Christmas"
],
[
"pies",
"pies"
],
[
"mincemeat",
"mincemeat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat."
],
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"uncountable"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1949, Truman Capote, “Children on their Birthdays”, in A Tree of Night and Other Stories, page 36",
"text": "A wiry little girl in a starched, lemon-colored party dress, she sassed along with a grownup mince, one hand on her hip, the other supporting a spinsterish umbrella.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1963, John Fowles, The Collector, page 15",
"text": "She was just the same; she had a light way of walking and she always wore flat heels so she didn't have that mince like most girls.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Tom Zoellner, Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World",
"text": "His skin was china pale, he walked with a slight mince, and his silver mustache was always trimmed sharp; it was his custom to send a bouquet of pink carnations to the wives of men with whom he dined.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait."
],
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"affected",
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],
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[
"precise",
"precise"
],
[
"gait",
"gait"
]
],
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"(countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait."
],
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"countable"
]
},
{
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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{
"ref": "1896, George Bernard Shaw, “Madame Sans-Gene”, in London Saturday Review",
"text": "A very moderate degree of accomplishment in this direction would make an end of stage smart speech, which, like the got-up Oxford mince and drawl of a foolish curate, is the mark of a snob.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1928, R. M. Pope, The Education Outlook, volume 80, page 285",
"text": "And, further, who has not heard what someone has christened the \"Oxford\" mince, where every consonant is mispronounced and every vowel gets a wrong value?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Opie Read, The Colossus, page 95",
"text": "[...] a smiling man, portly and impressive, coming toward them with a dignified mince in his walk.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation."
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"affected",
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"manner",
"manner"
],
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"especially",
"especially"
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"(countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation."
],
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"countable"
]
},
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"categories": [
"Cockney rhyming slang",
"English countable nouns",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "2009 May 21, planetdave, “Speed traps”, in PistonHeads, retrieved 2017-03-22",
"text": "Lancashire is a bit nazi about speed and the M6 in that area can be either clear or infested with vans and their helicopter. On the good side the vans tend to be on well sighted bridges so just keep the old minces peeled.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"An eye (from mince pie)."
],
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"Cockney rhyming slang",
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[
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],
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"(countable, Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie)."
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"in-plural",
"slang"
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"English uncountable nouns"
],
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{
"text": "That band's new album is total mince.",
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}
],
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"Something worthless; rubbish."
],
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[
"worthless",
"worthless"
],
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"rubbish",
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],
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"(UK, slang, uncountable) Something worthless; rubbish."
],
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]
}
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},
{
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],
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},
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"obsolete"
],
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}
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "maalvleis"
},
{
"code": "apw",
"lang": "Western Apache",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "itsį’ ik’aaní"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laḥm mafrūm",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "لَحْم مَفْرُوم"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "qiymə"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "farš",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фарш"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kajmá",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кайма́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carn picada"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carn picolada"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carn capolada"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carn trinxada"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "juk⁶ seoi³",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "肉碎"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "min⁵ zi⁶",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "免治"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "肉餡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ròuxiàn",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "肉馅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎi",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "醢"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suìròu",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "碎肉"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "miǎnzhìròu",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "免治肉"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kig divynys"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"english": "meal",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sekaná"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gehakt"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "hakkliha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "jauheliha"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hachis"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "viande hachée"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hackfleisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gehacktes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hack"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hackepeter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Austria",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Faschiertes"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kimás",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κιμάς"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "períkomma",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "περίκομμα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "isíkion",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ἰσίκιον"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "vagdalt"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "hachajo"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "hachita karno"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "daging cincang"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mionfheoil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "macinato"
},
{
"alt": "ひきにく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hikiniku",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "挽肉"
},
{
"alt": "にくあん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nikuan",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "肉餡"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "minseumiteu",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "민스미트"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gogiso",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "고기소"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "minūtal"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"english": "meal",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zuikis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faršas (semi-finished)"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "meleno meso",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мелено месо"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "daging cincang"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "mīti kōnatunatu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "mīti mōrohe"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tatsan max",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "татсан мах"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tataɣsan mik-a",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠮᠢᠬᠠ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjøttdeig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farse"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjøttdeig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjøtdeig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farse"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kıyma",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "قیمه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qeyme",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "قیمه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mięso mielone"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne moída"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "qīmā",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਕ਼ੀਮਾ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne tocată"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "farš",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фарш"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mions"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "млевено месо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "мљевено месо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"neuter"
],
"word": "mleveno meso"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"neuter"
],
"word": "mljeveno meso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "picadillo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne picada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carne molida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "köttfärs"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "Finland Swedish",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "malet kött"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "kıyma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "farš",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фарш"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "qiyma"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "thịt băm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"word": "thịt vằm"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "finely chopped meat — see also ground beef",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "briwgig"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"3": "",
"4": "slender, slight"
},
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"2": "min"
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"text": "Butchers often use machines to mince meat.",
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"text": "Siren, now mince the sin, / And mollify damnation with a phrase.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: ELAADEN (HNS) - Nora Tallis Found Alive",
"text": "Despite prolonged exposure to harsh conditions, medics say Nora Tallis returned to the Nexus in stable condition. In a statement to HNS, Tallis did not mince words. \"Never send me to that hellhole again.\"",
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"ref": "1869, Alexander J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, with special reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, part 1, page 194",
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{
"ref": "1905, George Henderson, The Gaelic Dialects, IV, in the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, published by Kuno Meyer and L. Chr. Stern, volume 5, page 98",
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"ref": "1915, Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "maal"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aġal",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "աղալ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎlcam",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "кълцам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "melja",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "меля"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "cit³ seoi³",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "切碎"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duòsuì",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "剁碎"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "hakken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "hienontaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "silputa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "hacher"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "picar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "trillar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "hacken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "wolfen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "kleinhacken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psilokóvo",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "ψιλοκόβω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lianízo",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "λιανίζω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "tritare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "macinare"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ceñcram",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "ចិញ្ច្រាំ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mele",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "меле"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "kōnatunatu"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "hadgi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "finhakke"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xord-kardan",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "خرد کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mielić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "picar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "ichiy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "toca"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krošítʹ",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "кроши́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "picar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "finhacka"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sàp",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "สับ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "btsabs",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "བཙབས"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "kıymak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "băm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "chop fine",
"word": "bằm"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smekčavam",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "смекчавам"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "abschwächen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "unterdrücken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "mildern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "moderare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preumenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "To suppress or weaken the force of",
"word": "преуменьша́ть"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔnie",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "扭捏"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔniuniēniē",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "扭扭捏捏"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "sipsuttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "trippeln"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "trippe"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "ichiy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "semenitʹ",
"sense": "walk in short precise step",
"word": "семенить"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔnie",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "扭捏"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niǔniuniēniē",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "扭扭捏捏"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "sievistellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "keimailla"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "poustoférno",
"sense": "act or talk with affected nicety",
"word": "πουστοφέρνω"
}
],
"word": "mince"
}
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