0 present participle of mind --
1 (used in questions and negatives) to be annoyed or worried by something: --
mainly UK "Would you like tea or coffee?" "I don't mind - either."
[ + question word ] I don't mind what you wear so long as it's not that awful pink shirt.
[ + obj + -ing verb ] Do you mind me smoking?
Do you mind if I (= may I) put the TV on?
Would you mind turning (= please turn) your radio down a little please?
informal I wouldn't mind (= I would like) something to eat, if that's OK.
[ + -ing verb ] I don't mind having a dog in the house so long as it's clean.
3 to take care of someone or something: --
I am greatly concerned about the aspect of child minding.
That guidance recommends adult: child ratios for child minding and other forms of day care for children under the age of 8.
Secondly, what is his authority for making such an outrageously incorrect statement about child minding?
Well, we were sat, minding our own business, when in walks the sergeant and tells us to get out of the bar.
The attraction of being paid for work that was previously unpaid may entice more people into child minding than were attracted previously.
Unregistered child minding has been known to exist for many years, and tax relief cannot deal with it.
To improve child minding services in place of expensive day nursery care can be seen to be compatible with these objectives.
It would be nice to think that music was minding its own business, aspiring to the transcendent moment beyond the real, when a heavy-handed socialist fanaticism took it by surprise.
