| dissect | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. dissect | cut open or cut apart.; "dissect the bodies for analysis" |
| ~ vivisect | cut (a body) open while still alive.; "people no longer vivisect animals--it's considered unethical" |
| ~ anatomise, anatomize | dissect in order to analyze.; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. analyse, analyze, break down, dissect, take apart | make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features.; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" |
| ~ parse | analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence). |
| ~ botanise, botanize | collect and study plants. |
| julienne | | |
| n. (food) | 1. julienne, julienne vegetable | a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish). |
| ~ veg, vegetable, veggie | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant. |
| n. (food) | 2. julienne | a clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables. |
| ~ soup | liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food. |
| v. (contact) | 3. julienne | cut into long thin strips.; "julienne the potatoes" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| slice | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. piece, slice | a share of something.; "a slice of the company's revenue" |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| n. (food) | 2. piece, slice | a serving that has been cut from a larger portion.; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" |
| ~ helping, serving, portion | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" |
| ~ cutlet, escallop, scollop, scallop | thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled. |
| ~ fish filet, fish fillet, filet, fillet | a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish. |
| n. (state) | 3. cut, gash, slash, slice | a wound made by cutting.; "he put a bandage over the cut" |
| ~ wound, lesion | an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin). |
| n. (act) | 4. fade, slice, slicing | a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" |
| ~ golf shot, golf stroke, swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it. |
| n. (object) | 5. slice | a thin flat piece cut off of some object. |
| ~ part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
| ~ section | a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope.; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. slice | a spatula for spreading paint or ink. |
| ~ spatula | a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances. |
| v. (contact) | 7. slice, slit | make a clean cut through.; "slit her throat" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 8. slice | hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (contact) | 9. slice, slice up | cut into slices.; "Slice the salami, please" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (competition) | 10. slice | hit a ball so that it causes a backspin. |
| ~ strike, hit | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" |
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