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SLICE
slice, fade, slicing
(noun) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; “he took lessons to cure his slicing”
slice
(noun) a spatula for spreading paint or ink
piece, slice
(noun) a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; “a piece of pie”; “a slice of bread”
slice
(noun) a thin flat piece cut off of some object
slice, piece
(noun) a share of something; “a slice of the company’s revenue”
cut, gash, slash, slice
(noun) a wound made by cutting; “he put a bandage over the cut”
slice
(verb) hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
slice, slice up
(verb) cut into slices; “Slice the salami, please”
slice
(verb) hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
slit, slice
(verb) make a clean cut through; “slit her throat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Slice
A surname.
Anagrams
• -sicle, Celis, ILECs, Leics, Sicel, ceils, ciels, clies, sicle
Etymology
Noun
slice (plural slices)
That which is thin and broad.
A thin, broad piece cut off.
(colloquial) An amount of anything.
A piece of pizza.
(British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
A broad, thin piece of plaster.
A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
A salver, platter, or tray.
A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
(printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
(golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
(Australia, NZ, UK) Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
(medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
(falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
(programming) A contiguous portion of an array.
Verb
slice (third-person singular simple present slices, present participle slicing, simple past and past participle sliced)
(transitive) To cut into slices.
(transitive) To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
(transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
(transitive, badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
(transitive, golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
(transitive, rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
(transitive, soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
(transitive, tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
Adjective
slice (not comparable)
(mathematics) Having the properties of a slice knot.
Anagrams
• -sicle, Celis, ILECs, Leics, Sicel, ceils, ciels, clies, sicle
Source: Wiktionary
Slice, n. Etym: [OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. slizan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See Slit, v. t.]
1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
2. That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically: (a) A broad, thin piece of plaster. (b) A salver, platter, or tray. [Obs.] (c) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink. (d) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. [Cant] (e) (Shipbuilding) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching. (f) (Printing) A removable sliding bottom to galley. Slice bar, a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice.
Slice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sliced; p. pr. & vb. n. Slicing.]
1. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
2. To cut into parts; to divide.
3. To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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