had been portioning

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of portion.
  portion

  noun

  a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it.

Related Words

• allocation
• chunk
• excerpt
• fraction
• fragment
• lot
• part
• piece
• quantity
• section
• segment
• serving