pureeing

verb

variants or puréeing
present participle of puree
as in slicing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pureeing
  1. slicing
  2. mashing
  3. chopping
  4. grating
  5. grinding
  6. dicing
  7. mincing
Verb
  • And in the coming years, humanoid robots with dexterous hands will automate the other parts of lab work, such as handling mice, or slicing thin layers of tissue.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
  • By the eighth inning, when the conditions had deteriorated at Citizens Bank Park, Brandon Marsh twisted and turned to track a line drive slicing through the smoke.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of slicing
Verb
  • The left-handed slugger was mashing balls into the stratosphere, bashing nine to set the tone against Contreras.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
  • Rooker, 31, is known as one of the most durable players in the league, having played in all 162 games last season and mashing at least 30 home runs in each of the last three seasons.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of mashing
Verb
  • Picking up the ball 30 yards from goal, Messi set off on a mazy run, chopping one way and then the other, leaving a trail of players behind him.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • Last year, Katz filmed a video of his new protégé shucking oysters, chopping wood, swinging kettlebells, and speaking directly to the camera in a muddy sweatshirt about how the oligarchy had screwed their beloved state.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of chopping
Verb
  • De-Stem Herbs with a Box Grater Good for more than just grating, check out our how-to guide on using the tool to quickly and easily de-stem herbs, from tender parsley to woody rosemary.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
  • There’s something grating about finding out that the customer service representative on the other end of the line is an AI agent, not an actual human.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 25 June 2026
Definition of grating
Verb
  • With more and more families settling in cities in the second half of the 19th century, camps gave kids a refuge from the oppressive heat, rancid smells and grinding noise of summer in the city.
    — Seth T. Kannarr, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • If Ryan McMahon really did revive their season with that grinding 12-pitch at bat against Yankee-killing Rays ace Drew Rasmussen last Thursday, what can Brian Cashman do to sufficiently fix the roster for a deep postseason run?
    — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 11 July 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
  • Scott Eastwood isn't mincing his words about a former costar's behavior.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
  • Even Johnson wasn’t exactly mincing words that this process begins with Malhotra.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Definition of mincing
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