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knifing

5.2

The action of cutting food carefully with a knife

noun
/ˈnaɪfɪŋ/

: técnica de corte

In the cooking class, we learned the art of knifing ingredients for a fresh salad.

Examples

Her knifing skills impressed the judges during the culinary competition.
"I'm one of the three great knifing masters...

Fiction book (2002)
The chef demonstrated precise knifing techniques while preparing the vegetables.

How Skillful

knifing

5.2

slicing

2 1.9

cutting

70 2.7

to rough-hew

Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

knifing singular

knifings plural

Morphology

knifing = knife (transparent) = knife + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominalization of the verb 'knife' referring to the action or technique of cutting, so the meaning is inferable from the verb.

Etymology

Knifing comes from the word knife, which means a sharp 'blade'. So knifing can also mean the careful action of using that blade to 'cut' or move things with skill.