Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mince
Participle: minced
Gerund: mincing
Indicative
Present
| I | mince |
| you | mince |
| he;she;it | minces |
| we | mince |
| you | mince |
| they | mince |
Perfect
| I | have minced |
| you | have minced |
| he;she;it | has minced |
| we | have minced |
| you | have minced |
| they | have minced |
Past
| I | minced |
| you | minced |
| he;she;it | minced |
| we | minced |
| you | minced |
| they | minced |
Pluperfect
| I | had minced |
| you | had minced |
| he;she;it | had minced |
| we | had minced |
| you | had minced |
| they | had minced |
Future
| I | will mince |
| you | will mince |
| he;she;it | will mince |
| we | will mince |
| you | will mince |
| they | will mince |
Future Perfect
| I | will have minced |
| you | will have minced |
| he;she;it | will have minced |
| we | will have minced |
| you | will have minced |
| they | will have minced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mince |
| you | mince |
| he;she;it | mince |
| we | mince |
| you | mince |
| they | mince |
Perfect
| I | have minced |
| you | have minced |
| he;she;it | have minced |
| we | have minced |
| you | have minced |
| they | have minced |
Imperfect
| I | minced |
| you | minced |
| he;she;it | minced |
| we | minced |
| you | minced |
| they | minced |
Pluperfect
| I | had minced |
| you | had minced |
| he;she;it | had minced |
| we | had minced |
| you | had minced |
| they | had minced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mince |
| you | would mince |
| he;she;it | would mince |
| we | would mince |
| you | would mince |
| they | would mince |
Perfect
| I | would have minced |
| you | would have minced |
| he;she;it | would have minced |
| we | would have minced |
| you | would have minced |
| they | would have minced |
Imperative
| you | mince |
| we | Let's mince |
| you | mince |
Verbs conjugated like 'mince'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mince'
minde,
mine,
minge,
minse,
wince,
cinch,
dance,
dice,
dine,
evince,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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. See: Middle English '
mincen', Old English '
minsian', Proto-Germanic '
*minnisōną', Old Dutch 'minson', Swedish '
minska'.
Verbs referencing "mince"
French
mincer.
Sample Sentences
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Butchers often use machines to mince meat.
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Siren, now mince the sin, / And mollify damnation with a phrase. [1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):]
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to mince one's words
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a minced oath
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I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say — "I love you." [1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:]
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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." [2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: ELAADEN (HNS) - Nora Tallis Found Alive:]
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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. [1869, Alexander J. Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, with special reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, part 1, page 194:]
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One may hear some speakers in Oxford mince brother into brover (brëvë); Bath into Baf; both into bof. [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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"[…]The preacher said it was sympathetic," she minced the word, remembering Mr. Larsen's manner. [1915 October, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter III, in The Song of the Lark, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part II (The Song of the Lark), page 186:]
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At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar. [1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:]
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The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, mincing as they go. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 3:16:]
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I'll […] turn two mincing steps into a manly stride. [c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 177, column 1:]
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I love going to gay bars and seeing drag queens mince around on stage.