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to slice up

to slice up

9 1.5
To cut something into thin slices
  • phrasal verb
  • /slaɪs ʌp/
translation icon : cortar en rebanadas
  • They sliced up the pie the first night you played.
  • slice up the meat
  • slice up an apple
  • slice it up thin

Poor banana getting sliced up for that.

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Examples

  • Because between the making of the caramel, slicing up the apples, etc., this thing is a good amount of work.

    Blog text (20)

  • I often slice them up and bring them in my lunch for easy snacking.

    Blog text (18)

  • All right, let's slice up the rest, shall we?

  • So we're going to just simply kind of slice up just really, really small garlic close here.

  • I will slice this thing up like a ham!

    Shrek the Third (2007)

  • I'm gonna slice up the turkey right here.

    Darkweb (2016)

  • Here, clerks slice up the best smoked meat in North America.

    Blog text (10)

  • I cook beans and whatever grains we'll use that week, plus slice up veggies.

    Blog text (6)

  • I'm gonna slice up the turkey right here.

  • Henry's family sat down to Christmas dinner with their takeaway pizzas plated and sliced up.

Synonyms

to slice
vsto slice up
203 1.0

To cut something into thin flat pieces with a knife

is the same action but often expressed with an added small word
to carve
vsto slice up
53 1.5

Cut meat into slices for serving

is the general act of cutting into thin pieces not only for serving
to shave
vsto slice up
25 1.9

Cut very thin slices from things like cheese or wood

involves cutting off separate thin pieces rather than removing surface layers
to sliver
vsto slice up
3 5.1

To break or cut something into thin narrow pieces

is about cutting into thin flat pieces rather than narrow splinters
to knife up
vsto slice up
1 6.0

To cut food into pieces with a knife

is the general cutting action without specifying the tool used
to collop
vsto slice up
  • Archaic
9.9

To cut meat or other food into thin slices

is used more generally for cutting any item into thin pieces

How Fine

to mince
38 3.1
to shred
112 2.6
to slice up
9 1.5
to chop up
56 1.9
to break up
66 2.7

Surface Forms

slice up infinitive
sliced up past
sliced up past participle
slicing up present participle
slices up third person singular

Morphology

slice + up

The verb 'slice' already means to cut into thin pieces and the particle 'up' here signals thoroughness or division into parts, so a learner who knows both constituents can derive 'slice up' as 'cut into slices.' This V + up construction is a common, compositional pattern in English and is therefore immediately predictable to B1 learners.

Etymology

Slice up comes from the kitchen: to slice means to cut food into thin pieces with a knife, and up gives the picture of cutting it into many parts. So, slice up means 'to cut something into slices'.