pureed

verb

variants or puréed
past tense of puree
as in mashed

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  1. mashed
  2. ground
  3. chopped
  4. sliced
  5. diced
  6. minced
  7. grated
Verb
  • The Guardians went into that game last in the league in homers — and then mashed six off a guy who had just made the All-Star team the week before?
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • It’s felt like a time to get away from the more difficult parts of the whole world being mashed together and talking to each other all the time, and to enjoy the better parts of the world being put together, and talking to each other all the time.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of mashed
Verb
  • Typhoon Dolphin moved over Japan's southern remote islands Friday, causing a main airport on Okinawa to close and grounding all flights in and out of the island, while sending hundreds of people to take shelter at evacuation centers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Josh Bell walked to leadoff the fourth inning, moved to third base on a single by Royce Lewis and scored when Victor Caratini grounded into a double play to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of ground
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  • Back in, Aldis tried the Cloverleaf again, but Gunther blocked it and chopped him down.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Eggplant Parmesan FAQs Cook 1 medium onion, finely chopped, ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil, and ½ tsp Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp.
    — Rachel Dolfi, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 July 2026
Definition of chopped
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  • Cut them into squares and top with a cream cheese filling spiked with almond extract, then sliced fresh apricots.
    — Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The pandemic, after all, sliced history definitively into an unknowing before, an interminable during, and a maybe-one-day after.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of sliced
Verb
  • This is a town where almost everybody’s breasts have been sliced, diced, manipulated, and put back together.
    — Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Chopped strawberries, blackberries, diced peaches, and/or diced apples should all work here, too.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2026
Definition of diced
Verb
  • When garlic is minced, add the basil with the motor running; mince the basil.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 July 2026
  • Just pop a clove inside, shut it, and twist until it’s minced to your liking.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
Definition of minced
Verb
  • Parmesan, finely grated (about ½ cup), tossing constantly until melted into sauce and adding more pasta cooking liquid a couple of tablespoonfuls at a time to loosen sauce if needed.
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
  • The cobs are grated by hand on a box grater, before the grated kernels are folded into a batter of buttermilk, egg, flour, salt, and leavener.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 30 July 2026
Definition of grated
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