To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
To effect mincingly.
To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
To make less; to make small.
To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).
Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
An eye (from mince pie).
Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.