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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
portion .
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Examples
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Even then he was in the ocean depths miles to windward of our leeward drift, and the likelihood was that he was already portioned out in the maws of many sharks.
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They were generously portioned but essentially tasteless.
Serena Dai: Chicago BYOB Rokito's Mexican Streetside Kitchen: Don't Party With Dry Meat Serena Dai 2011
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No, it had been rather haphazardly portioned with seemingly no utensil involved; an oozing brown viscosity trailing its ragged, blackened, peel.
Snap Harry B. Sanderford 2011
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Not a bad portioned burger but they forgot the tartar sauce and lemon and it was slightly fishy.
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Prime cuts get portioned out while trimmings and offal are worked into ragus and sausage casings; bones simmer in stockpots.
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Matthew has personally skinned, boned and portioned 40 stone of fish.
I believe I can fry 2011
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I also like that it tends to be a family-style dessert, baked in a big casserole dish or a loaf pan and and portioned out into both big and small servings.
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To-morrow should see the outfit portioned and packed.
Chapter 14 2010
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I would have hoped that it could be kept together in some sort of museum rather than portioned off to the highest bidders.
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The populations of the Solar System had been carefully figured to the last decimal point and portioned out among the planets according to food - and employment-potential, so that nowhere was there a scarcity or an overplus, and nobody's individual whim was allowed to upset the balance.
Archive 2010-01-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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