slicing

verb

present participle of slice
1
as in chopping
to cut into long slender pieces slice the carrot into tiny strips

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2
as in slitting
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely

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Recent Examples of slicing Let lasagna stand for at least 10 minutes before slicing. — Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026 The three cutter-drones finished slicing the bedroom’s window out of the wall. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026 Transfer the ribs to a cutting board and rest for 15 minutes before slicing. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 Poppyseed grapefruit cake cooled and removed from its pan, then popped back in for travel—and popped back out for slicing at the event? — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026 Many of us will be making memories while slicing watermelon, picking blueberries, and eating homemade ice cream. — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 27 June 2026 And visions of Turkey’s Arda Güler repeatedly slicing through the American defense in the final group-stage game suggest old vulnerabilities remain. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026 Port Townsend The breathtaking views and opportunities to see local wildlife like orcas are reason enough to visit Port Townsend, which juts out into the whale-rich waters of the Puget Sound, with jagged mountains slicing the horizon. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026 After being used only as a second-half substitute against Cape Verde, he was thrown in from the start on Sunday and wasted no time in making his presence felt, repeatedly slicing through the Saudi defense before turning home Mikel Oyarzabal's cross. — CBS News, 21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slicing
  1. chopping
  2. slitting
  3. splitting
  4. ripping
  5. slashing
  6. cutting
Verb
  • The other side is smooth and great for prep work like chopping vegetables.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 1 July 2026
  • So before Game 1, Woodward had been chopping baseballs to get the infielders acclimated.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of chopping
Verb
  • The prosecutor said Tran tried to take his own life by slitting a wrist, cutting his neck and poking a blade into his stomach.
    — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
  • When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, court records said.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of slitting
Verb
  • After nine years playing in the majors, Hoffman took up coaching in the Dodgers’ minor league farm system, splitting time between managing and coordinating field instruction for player development.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • The ampd YouTube dashboard lets clients drill down from a national overview to a single channel, splitting any metric by age, gender, income and region, and switching the view between reach, hours watched and individual titles.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 June 2026
Definition of splitting
Verb
  • His second goal was even more impressive, ripping through the legs of midfielder Danilo Santos before finding the net.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
  • The New York Times dropped a 5,000 word story absolutely ripping its former employee.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of ripping
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  • Then Ferrari’s team reboots the underlying technology—centralizing server costs, cleaning up sprawling codebases—while slashing costs.
    — Chris Dobstaff, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Higgins said her solution is to speed up permitting by slashing red tape — both for these types of large, city projects and for home and business owners trying to install resilient upgrades.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Definition of slashing
Verb
  • The lineup already was revving, as Rushing homered in the second inning while Sasaki was still in the game, and both Kyle Tucker and Muncy drove in runs off starter Randy Vasquez in the third, cutting the deficit to two.
    — Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The Rockets essentially dumped Finney-Smith in a cost-cutting move after making some free agent transactions, notably signing guard Marcus Smart, and surrendered three second-rounders to the Hornets to seal the deal.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
Definition of cutting

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