pureeing

verb

variants or puréeing
present participle of puree
as in slicing

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  1. slicing
  2. mashing
  3. chopping
  4. grating
  5. grinding
  6. dicing
  7. mincing
Verb
  • The first murder is a girl slicing into her slumbering mother’s neck with a hacksaw; then her brother pounds his father’s face in with a baseball bat.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Wash and dry them well before slicing in half and removing the pit.
    — Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of slicing
Verb
  • Begin by mashing the garlic and a bit of salt with the flat side of a chef’s knife, then work in the basil in handfuls until finely chopped.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026
  • The outrage last night over Bryson mashing down the wheat field behind his ball was hilarious.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of mashing
Verb
  • Amid the rumblings of construction at nearby David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, the sound of a shrill whistle and chopping feet at the nearby Murfin Family Practice Fields signaled one thing.
    — Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The sound of someone chopping vegetables came loudly from the kitchen.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of chopping
Verb
  • Their children — Graham (played at 12 by Noah Alexander Sosnowski and later at 17 by Gabriel Barbosa) and Ruth (played at 8 by Riley Chung and 13 by Emma Ho) — are at turns grating, nonsensical, and ill-defined like everything else in the film.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Known for having various sizes of holes on each side, the box grater is excellent for grating vegetables like zucchini, potatoes, and even savory fruits like tomatoes and cucumbers.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026
Definition of grating
Verb
  • The banking business model is built atop an army of young analysts (and, in time, associates and VPs) grinding through deals.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Every woman, child, and man alive was out here grinding all day every day except on Lincoln’s Birthday in death-trap packing plants controlled by a five-man syndicate called the Beef Trust.
    — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of grinding
Verb
  • These three were dicing for top production honors, and only the Corvette added some electrification to the mix.
    — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026
  • Part of the way that was achieved was by slicing and dicing congressional districts in South Florida, home to the state’s largest concentration of Democrats.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2026
Definition of dicing
Verb
  • Brantley Gilbert isn't mincing words about entertainers who commit to patriotic events only to walk away once public criticism begins.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
  • Scott Eastwood isn't mincing his words about a former costar's behavior.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
Definition of mincing
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