To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.
To effect mincingly.
To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
To make less; to make small.
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.
To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.
A beam or rod providing support.
An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.
An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.