Значение

значений: 9

  1. (переходный)To make less; to make small.

    make less severe or harsh

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

  3. (редкое, переходный)To effect mincingly.

  4. (переходный)To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.

    Butchers often use machines to mince meat.

    hacken, wolfen, kleinhacken

    кроши́тьkrošítʹ

    cut into small pieces

  5. To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).

    to mince one's words

    a minced oath

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

  7. (непереходный)To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

    trippeln

    семенитьsemenitʹ

  8. (непереходный)To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

    I love going to gay bars and seeing drag queens mince around on stage.

  9. (архаичное, переносно, переходный)To suppress or weaken the force of.

    abschwächen, unterdrücken, mildern

    преуменьша́тьpreumenʹšátʹ

Примеры

предложений: 38

  1. He doesn't mince words.

    Он говорит без обиняков. — sharptoothed

    deEr nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund. — faehrmann

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  2. Tom did not mince his words.

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  3. Tom doesn't mince words.

    ukТом прямолінійний. — deniko

    deTom nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I don't mince words.

    ukЯ говорю те, що думаю. — deniko

    deIch nehme mir kein Blatt vor den Mund. — Manfredo

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  5. Tom doesn't mince his words.

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Переводы

языков: 8
Русский
По значениям 3
to chop fine:
to suppress or weaken the force of:
to walk in short precise step:
Deutsch
По значениям 3
to chop fine:
to suppress or weaken the force of:
to walk in short precise step:

Происхождение

From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ġeminsian (“to make l

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.

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Формы

minces, mincing, minced, minced
Базовая формаmince · to mince
3-е лицо ед. числаminces
Причастие настоящего времениmincing
Прошедшее времяminced
Причастие прошедшего времениminced

правильный · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theymince
he, she, itminces

Past simpleУрок

все лицаminced

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave minced
he, she, ithas minced

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill mince

Синонимы

синонимов: 24
cutA1decreaseB1diminishC2lessenB1lowerB2minimizeB1reduceB1shrinkB2weakenB2abaseabatebelittlebesmallbring down
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 8
Связанныеmincer
Производныеminceablemince mattersmincemeatmince piemince upmince wordsminsitive

Уроки к слову

уроков: 3

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