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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: mind - mincing</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="mind"> mind (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the part of a person that knows and thinks and feels and wishes and chooses. Ex. the powers or processes of the mind, an anxious state of mind, peace of mind. <DD> 2. the intellect or understanding; mental ability; intelligence. Ex. explanations adapted to the popular mind. To learn arithmetic easily, you must have a good mind. An upright heart and cultivated mind (William Cowper). <DD> 3. a person who has intelligence. Ex. the greatest minds of the period. A mind for ever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone (Wordsworth). <DD> 4. reason; sanity. Ex. to lose one's mind. <DD> 5. mental or physical activity in general, as opposed to matter. <DD> 6. a conscious or intelligent agency or being. Ex. the doctrine of a mind creating the universe. A pulse in the eternal mind (Rupert Brooke). <DD> 7. a way of thinking and feeling; opinion; view. <DD> 8. tendency of thinking or feeling in social or moral respects; spirit; temper. Ex. But the war is not ended; the hostile mind continues in full vigour (Edmund Burke). <DD> 9. desire, purpose, intention, or will. <DD> 10. attention; thought; mental effort. Ex. to give one's mind to a new occupation. Keep your mind on your work. <DD> 11. remembrance or recollection; memory. Ex. out of sight, out of mind. <DD> 12. commemoration. <DD> 13. (Psychology.) the organized total of all conscious experience of the individual. <DD> 14. Mind, (in the belief of Christian Scientists) God. <DD>v.t. 1. to bear in mind; give heed to. Ex. Mind my words! Mind you, it is clear that, as always, Stratford has not forgotten its summer audience (Canadian Saturday Night). <DD> 2. to be careful concerning. Ex. Mind the step. Mind that you come on time. <DD> 3. to look after; take care of; tend. Ex. Please mind the baby. <DD> 4. to obey. Ex. Mind your father and mother. <DD> 5. to object to; feel bad about. Ex. Do you mind closing the door for me? I mind parting from my friends. Some people don't mind cold weather. <DD> 6. to trouble oneself about; be concerned about. Ex. I am rather faint ... but don't mind me (Dickens). <DD> 7. to turn one's attention to; apply oneself to. Ex. Mind your own business. Bidding him be a good child and mind his book (Joseph Addison). <DD> 8. (Dialect.) to notice; perceive; be aware of. Ex. Will he mind the way we are, and not tidied or washed cleanly at all? (John M. Synge). <DD> 9. (Dialect.) to remember. Ex. I mind being there when I was a lad (Robert Louis Stevenson). <DD> 10. (Dialect.) to remind. Ex. They mind us of the time we made bricks in Egypt (Tennyson). <DD> 11. (Dialect.) to intend; contemplate. <DD>v.i. 1. to take notice; observe. Ex. Now mind, these are not my ideas. <DD> 2. to be obedient. Ex. to train a dog to mind. <DD> 3. to be careful. Ex. If you don't mind, you'll get hurt. <DD> 4. to feel concern; care; object. Ex. Father was furious, but Mother didn't mind. <DD> 5. (Dialect.) to remember. expr. bear in mind, to keep one's attention on; remember. Ex. He promised to bear the subject in mind (Macaulay). expr. be of one (or a) mind, to have the same opinion; agree. Ex. Why should we quarrel when we are both of one mind? expr. blow one's mind, (Slang.) <DD> a. to experience or cause to have drug-induced hallucinations. Ex. He regularly turned on with marijuana or blew his mind with LSD (New York Times). In one episode, some hippies offer him coffee and "blow his mind" with the new mind-expanding drug (Maclean's). <DD> b. to cause to lose control over one's mind; excite, stir, or shock to an extreme degree. Ex. The film was meant to blow the minds of the viewers, but they blew their cool instead. Some raced around trying to pull the plugs of the projectors (Time). expr. bring (or call) to mind, <DD> a. to recall. Ex. This brings to mind a story. <DD> b. to remember. Ex. I cannot call it to mind. expr. change one's mind, <DD> a. to alter one's purpose. Ex. Her first impulse was to change her mind and not go after all (Francis M. Crawford). <DD> b. to alter one's way of thinking, opinion, or attitude. Ex. I have lived to change my mind, and am almost of the contrary opinion (John Duncombe). expr. cross one's mind, to occur to one; come into one's thoughts suddenly. Ex. Such an idea never crossed ... our minds (Thomas Medwin). expr. have a mind of one's own, to have definite or decided opinions, inclinations, or purposes. Ex. He has a mind of his own and will not be persuaded by what others think. expr. have a mind to, to intend to; think of doing. Ex. He thought that he could do as he had a mind to with his own books. expr. have half a mind to, to be somewhat inclined to; have some desire to. Ex. I have half a mind to go. expr. have in mind, <DD> a. to remember. Ex. Others forgot her, but he still had her in mind. <DD> b. to take into account; think of; consider. Ex. We should have in mind the benefits of the journey as well as the difficulties we might encounter. <DD> c. to intend; plan. Ex. She has in mind a trip to Europe next summer. expr. in two (many, several, etc.) minds, vacillating between two (many, several, etc.) intentions. Ex. I was in several minds how to dress myself on the important day (Charles Dickens). expr. keep in mind, to remember. Ex. Keep the rules in mind. It was hard to deal realistically with the immediate situation and yet keep in mind the ultimate goal (Edmund Wilson). expr. know one's own mind, to know what one really thinks, intends, or wishes. Ex. They are both very young and may not know their own minds (Henry Kingsley). expr. make up one's mind, to decide; resolve. Ex. I made up my mind to study harder and get better grades. We had all quietly made up our minds to treat him like one of ourselves (Robert Louis Stevenson). expr. mind one's p's and q's. See under P. expr. never mind, <DD> a. don't let it trouble you; it does not matter. Ex. Never mind, Mother, I'll buy the dress myself. <DD> b. (Informal.) not to speak of; let alone. Ex. New York politics are confusing enough to New Yorkers, never mind outsiders (Manchester Guardian Weekly). expr. of two (many, etc.) minds, vacillating between two (many, etc.) intentions. Ex. The half-hearted way MacDonald tells the story makes one wonder whether he wasn't of two minds about its chilling outcome (New Yorker). expr. on one's mind, in one's mind; in one's thoughts; troubling one. Ex. My aunt has something of importance on her mind. expr. out of one's mind, crazy; insane. Ex. On my first hunt, I thought I'd go out of my mind through fear (Norman Elder). A lot of people ... think that anyone who likes to see three or more movies a week has to be clean out of his mind (Maclean's). expr. pass out of mind, to be forgotten. Ex. When they are out of sight, they soon pass out of mind. expr. pay no mind, (Dialect.) to pay no attention to; ignore. Ex. Pay his insults no mind! expr. piece of one's mind. See under piece. expr. put one in mind of, to remind one of. Ex. Your joke puts me in mind of a joke my uncle told me. Many of Mr. Rutherford's contributors do somehow put one in mind of a gang of beachcombers making the best of what a storm has washed ashore (Dan Jacobson). expr. put one's mind to, to want very much; be strongly inclined to. Ex. It is a pity he has not written the book ... he could have written had he put his mind to it (Hans J. Morgenthau). expr. put out of one's mind, to avoid thinking about. Ex. Resolutely, I put the $500 out of my mind (Meyer Levin). expr. set one's mind on, to want very much. Ex. He set his mind on becoming a great lawyer. expr. speak one's mind, to give one's frank opinion; speak plainly or freely. Ex. Speak your mind freely. Give me leave to speak my mind (Shakespeare). expr. take one's mind off, to distract one's attention from; divert from (something unpleasant). Ex. The music took his mind off his troubles. expr. to one's mind, <DD> a. to one's way of thinking; in one's opinion. Ex. To my mind, he is very rude. <DD> b. according to one's wishes or whims. Ex. It was ... some time before we could get a ship to our minds (Daniel Defoe). </DL> <A NAME="mind"> mind (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaeology.) a diadem or crescent-shaped ornament found in Ireland. </DL> <A HREF="mindbend.dic">NEXT</A>