What does "slice" mean?
That which is thin and broad.
Slice
/slaɪs/ adj, name, noun, verb, slang
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: That which is thin and broad.
- Grammar: slice is listed as adj, name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: cut, piece, allocate, allotment.
- Useful contrasts: add, bind, combine.
- Usage evidence: Please slice a loaf of bread for me.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 That which is thin and broad.
"I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin."
- 2 a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer wordnet
- 3 A thin, broad piece cut off.
"a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread"
- 4 a spatula for spreading paint or ink wordnet
- 5 An amount of anything. colloquial
"Blackpool, chasing a seventh win in 17 league matches, simply could not contain Sunderland's rampant attack and had to resort to a combination of last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping and a large slice of fortune."
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- 6 a serving that has been cut from a larger portion wordnet
- 7 A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
"For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke."
- 8 a thin flat piece cut off of some object wordnet
- 9 A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling. British
"I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station."
- 10 a share of something wordnet
- 11 A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- 12 a wound made by cutting wordnet
- 13 A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- 14 A salver, platter, or tray.
- 15 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.
- 16 One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- 17 A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
- 18 A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
- 19 A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
- 20 Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices. Australia, New-Zealand, UK
- 21 A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
- 22 A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
- 23 A contiguous portion of an array.
Verb
- 1 To cut into slices. transitive
"Slice the cheese thinly."
- 2 hit a ball so that it causes a backspin wordnet
- 3 To cut with an edge using a drawing motion. transitive
"The knife left sliced his arm."
- 4 cut into slices wordnet
- 5 To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar. transitive
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- 6 hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction wordnet
- 7 To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards. transitive
- 8 make a clean cut through wordnet
- 9 To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player). transitive
- 10 To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke. transitive
- 11 To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high. transitive
"Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner."
- 12 To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce. transitive
Adjective
- 1 Having the properties of a slice knot. not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
Example
"Please slice a loaf of bread for me."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "slice"?
Common synonyms include: cut, piece, allocate, allotment, allowance, amputate.
How do you use "slice" in a sentence?
Please slice a loaf of bread for me.
How do you pronounce "slice"?
Pronounced /slaɪs/.
Etymology
From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.