slivering

verb

present participle of sliver
as in slicing
to cut into long slender pieces carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry

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  1. slicing
  2. chopping
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  • Either way, Crew Girl goes over about as smoothly as a shell slicing through a silver lake on a breezeless morning.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Count on a lunchtime carving station, with a chef slicing everything from a giant roast beef haunch to whole suckling pig.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of slicing
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  • Instead of chopping an object into billions of tiny digital cubes, the system mathematically embeds the boundaries and material densities into quantum states.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Skinning rabbits, chopping wood, and running interference between his parents.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of chopping
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“Slivering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slivering. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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