mil • lion • aire / miiya' ner / noun [ count ]
a person who has more than one million dollars; a very rich person
mime / maim / noun [ count, noncount ] a way of telling a story or telling someone something by moving your face, hands, and body without speaking The show is a combination of dance and mime.
mimeverb ( mimes , mim - ing , mimed ) He mimed that he was hungry.
mim • ic / ' mimik /
( mim - ics , mim ick - ing , mim icked ) verb
to copy the way someone moves and speaks in order to
entertain people
►mim • ic noun [ count ]
Sally's a great mimic.
min.
abbreviation of minute
mince / mins / verb ( minc - es , minc - ing , minced )
to cut food into very small pieces Mince the onions.
mind ч'-1 / maind / noun [ count ] the part of you that thinks and remembers He has a very quick mind. be or go out of your mind
( informal )
to be or become crazy
Where were you? I was going out of my mind with worry. change your mind
to have an idea, then decide to do something different I planned a vacation in California and then changed my mind and went to Texas.
have something on your mind
to be worried about something I have a lot on my mind right now. make up your mind
to decide something
Should I buy the blue shirt or the red one? I can't make up my mind.
mind 2 Ф / maind / verb ( minds , mind - ing , mind - ed )
to feel unhappy or angry about something Do you mind if I sit here? I don't mind the heat at all. do you mind ...? ; would you mind ...? please could you...?
It's cold — would you mind closing the window?
never mind
don't worry; it doesn't matter
"I forgot your book." "Never mind, I don't need it today."
m i ne 1 © / main / pronoun something that belongs to me That bike is mine. Are those books mine or yours?
mine2 / main / noun [ count ]
a very big hole in the ground, where people work to get things like silver or gold
a coal mine
a bomb that is hidden under the ground or under water mine verb ( mines , min ing , mined )
Diamonds are mined in South Africa.
min • er / ' mai^r / noun [ count ]
a person who works in a mine
min • er • al / 'штэгэ1 / noun [ count ]
Minerals are things like gold, salt, or oil that come from the ground and that people use.
min • er • al wa • ter / ' штэгэ1 ^э1эг / noun
[ noncount ]
water with minerals in it, which comes from the ground a bottle of mineral water
min • gle / ' miggl / verb ( min • gles , min • gling , min • gled )
to mix with other things or people The colors mingled together to make brown. Police officers mingled with the crowd. Prefix
mini-
( in nouns ) very small a mini bus a mini skirt
min • i • a • ture / ' mimtjur / adjective
very small; much smaller than usual a miniature railroad
min • i • mal aw / ' штэшэ1 / ve
very small in amount
The project has minimal support.
min • i • mize AWL / ' mimmaiz / verb ( min • i • miz • es , min • i • miz • ing , min • i • mized )
to make something as small as possible We want to minimize the risk to the public.
min • i • mum awl| / ' штэшэш / noun
[ singular ]
the smallest size, amount, or number that is possible We need a minimum of six people to play this game. ► min • i • mum adjective
