All mince synonyms
mince
M m verb mince
- crumble β If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- grind β to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- soften β to make soft or softer.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- hash β hashish.
- chip β Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
- hack β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- whack β to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- dice β A dice is a small cube which has between one and six spots or numbers on its sides, and which is used in games to provide random numbers. In old-fashioned English, 'dice' was used only as a plural form, and the singular was die, but now 'dice' is used as both the singular and the plural form.
- sashay β to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly: She just sashayed in as if she owned the place.
- strut β to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
- prance β to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- flounce β to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
- attitudinize β to adopt a pose or opinion for effect; strike an attitude
- posture β the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- spare β to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- palliate β to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- minimize β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- lessen β to become less.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- alleviate β If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- moderate β kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- cut up β If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
- shred β a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- chop β If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
- pose β a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.
- euphemize β Refer to (something unpleasant or embarrassing) by means of a euphemism.
- extenuate β Make (guilt or an offense) seem less serious or more forgivable.
- minimise β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- tone down β any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.