portion
/ˈpoɹʃən/ verb C2- To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
- To endow with a portion or inheritance.
He/she/it portions · Past portioned · Past participle portioned · -ing form portioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- portion
- He/she/it
- portions
- Past
- portioned
- Past participle
- portioned
- -ing form
- portioning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“With this needle,” said the abbé, as, opening his ragged vestments, he showed Dantès a long, sharp fish-bone, with a small perforated eye for the thread, a small portion of which still remained in it.
He entreated his companion to relieve him of a small portion, that he might carry home the rest; but the Mule paid no attention to the request.
Still, it must have been many years in use, for it was thickly covered with a coating of soot; this soot I dissolved in a portion of the wine brought to me every Sunday, and I assure you a better ink cannot be desired.
The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side.
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