purees

verb

variants or purées
present tense third-person singular of puree
as in chips

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  1. mashes
  2. slices
  3. chops
  4. grates
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  • This time round, Horvat is on to something even more deliciously odd with a study that mashes together grief, matrimonial disharmony, the alien nature of mathematical minds, and desire’s wild pursuit of obscure objects.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Starling Marte mashes one The hometown fans, who appeared to be outnumbered among the 24,225 at The K, had something to cheer in the fourth inning.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of mashes
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  • That line slices the plane into two halves, one of which will contain two corners of the outer triangle (the bottom half in the figure below).
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
  • You may already be accustomed to changing channels frequently since the NFL eagerly slices up its schedule across multiple networks.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of slices
Verb
  • If Tesla chops between roughly 330 and 425 into that Friday, the short options expire and the remaining December call is carried at a lower basis.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The proposal chops $150 million from the Developmental Disabilities Administration, which battled against the largest budget cut in last year's negotiations.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of chops
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  • There’s the studio version, which has some really interesting production, with Meg’s shuddering percussion that eventually grates and distracts, and Jack’s very chunky guitar.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
  • After seasoning the steak, Jade grates cheese as Giada stirs the pasta, accidentally dropping it into the bowl.
    — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Definition of grates
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