mil|lion|aire /m I liəneə r / (millionaires ) N‑COUNT A millionaire is a very rich person who has money or property worth at least a million pounds or dollars. □ By the time he died, he was a millionaire.
mil|lion|air|ess /m I liəneə res/ (millionairesses ) N‑COUNT A millionairess is a woman who has money or property worth at least a million pounds or dollars.
mil|lionth ◆◆◇ /m I liənθ/ (millionths )
1 ORD The millionth item in a series is the one you count as number one million. □ Last year the millionth truck rolled off the assembly line.
2 FRACTION A millionth of something is one of a million equal parts of it. □ [+ of ] The bomb must explode within less than a millionth of a second.
mil|li|pede /m I l I piːd/ (millipedes ) N‑COUNT A millipede is a small creature with a long narrow body and a lot of legs.
mil|li|sec|ond /m I lisekənd/ (milliseconds ) N‑COUNT A millisecond is a unit of time equal to one thousandth of a second.
mill|stone /m I lstoʊn/ (millstones )
1 N‑COUNT A millstone is a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour.
2 PHRASE If you describe something as a millstone or a millstone around your neck , you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone. □ That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
mime /ma I m/ (mimes , miming , mimed )
1 N‑VAR Mime is the use of movements and gestures in order to express something or tell a story without using speech. □ Music, mime and strong visual imagery play a strong part in the productions. □ …a mime artist.
2 VERB If you mime something, you describe or express it using mime rather than speech. □ [V n/v-ing] It featured a solo dance in which a woman in a short overall mimed a lot of dainty housework. □ [V n/v-ing] I remember asking her to mime getting up in the morning. [Also V ]
3 VERB If you mime , you pretend to be singing or playing an instrument, although the music is in fact coming from something like a CD. □ [V ] Richey's not miming, he's playing very quiet guitar. □ [V n] In concerts, the group mime their songs. □ [V + to ] The waiters mime to records playing on the jukebox.
mi|met|ic /m I me t I k/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Mimetic movements or activities are ones in which you imitate something. [FORMAL ] □ Both realism and naturalism are mimetic systems or practices of representation.
mim|ic /m I m I k/ (mimics , mimicking , mimicked )
1 VERB If you mimic the actions or voice of a person or animal, you imitate them, usually in a way that is meant to be amusing or entertaining. □ [V n] He could mimic anybody.
2 VERB If someone or something mimics another person or thing, they try to be like them. □ [V n] The computer doesn't mimic human thought; it reaches the same ends by different means.
3 N‑COUNT A mimic is a person who is able to mimic people or animals.
mim|ic|ry /m I m I kri/ N‑UNCOUNT Mimicry is the action of mimicking someone or something. □ One of his few strengths was his skill at mimicry.
min. Min. is a written abbreviation for minimum , or for minutes or minute .
mina|ret /m I nəre t/ (minarets ) N‑COUNT A minaret is a tall thin tower which is part of a mosque.
mince /m I ns/ (minces , mincing , minced )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Mince is meat which has been cut into very small pieces using a machine. [mainly BRIT ] □ Brown the mince in a frying pan. in AM, use ground beef , hamburger meat 2 VERB If you mince food such as meat, you put it into a machine which cuts it into very small pieces. [mainly BRIT ] □ [V n] Perhaps I'll buy lean meat and mince it myself. □ [V -ed] …minced beef. in AM, usually use grind 3 VERB If you say that someone, especially a homosexual man, minces somewhere, you mean that they walk there with quick small steps. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V prep/adv] They minced in, in beach costumes and make-up.
4 PHRASE If you say that someone does not mince their words , you mean that they speak in a forceful and direct way, especially when saying something unpleasant to someone. □ The doctors didn't mince their words, and predicted the worst.
mince|meat /m I nsmiːt/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Mincemeat is a sticky mixture of small pieces of dried fruit. It is usually cooked in pastry to make mince pies.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Mincemeat is the same as mince . [mainly BRIT ] in AM, use ground beef , hamburger meat
3 PHRASE If you make mincemeat of someone or make mincemeat out of them, you defeat them completely in an argument, fight, or competition. □ I can imagine a defence lawyer making mincemeat of him if we ever put him up in court.
mi nce pie (mince pies ) N‑COUNT Mince pies are small pies containing a sticky mixture of small pieces of dried fruit. Mince pies are usually eaten at Christmas.
minc|er /m I nsə r / (mincers ) N‑COUNT A mincer is a machine which cuts meat into very small pieces by forcing it through very small holes. [BRIT ] in AM, use meat grinder
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➊ mind ◆◆◆ /ma I nd/ (minds )