slice

SLYS/slaɪs/

26 meanings of slice

1
nouncountable
A thin, flat piece cut from something bigger.
Like one thin layer taken off a loaf of bread.
She cut a thin slice of bread for her toast.
A slice of cheese fell off the plate onto the floor.
Similarpiece, chunk, portion, bit, fragment
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2
verbtransitive
To cut something into thin, flat pieces.
Like cutting a loaf of bread into separate pieces.
Please slice the bread before dinner.
He sliced the tomatoes for the salad.
Similarcut, carve
3
verbtransitive
To cut something by pulling a sharp edge across it.
Like dragging a knife across a rope until it cuts through.
The sharp knife sliced his finger when it slipped.
One clean stroke can slice the rope in two.
Similarcut, slit, slash, incise, split
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4
nouncountable
A triangle-shaped piece of pizza.
Like one triangle cut from a round pie.
He grabbed a slice on his way to work.
Can I have another slice of pizza?
Similarpiece
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5
nouncolloquialcountable
A part or share of something larger.
Like getting your own piece of a shared cake.
Everyone wanted a slice of the prize money.
She earned a small slice of the company's profits.
Similarshare, portion, cut, piece, part
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6
nouncountable
A connected part of a list of items in a computer program.
Like tearing out a few pages in a row from a notebook.
The program took a slice of the list to process first.
She copied a slice of the data into a new variable.
Similarsubarray, segment, range
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7
verbtransitive
To hit a golf ball so it curves to the side, usually by mistake.
Like a spinning ball that curves away instead of flying straight.
He sliced his drive into the trees.
Try not to slice the ball off the tee.
Oppositehook
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8
nouncountable
A golf shot that curves to the side by mistake.
Like a ball that curves sideways instead of going straight.
His slice sent the ball into the rough.
A bad slice cost him the hole.
Oppositehook
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9
nounAustraliaNew ZealandUKcountable
A heavy cake or dessert baked in a tray and cut into square pieces.
Like a brownie cut into neat squares.
She bought a slice from the bakery counter.
He cut himself a thick slice of caramel shortbread.
Similarsquare, bar, traybake
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10
nounBritishcountable
A baked pastry snack with a savory filling inside.
Like a small flat pie you can hold in your hand.
He bought a slice from the bakery on his way to work.
She had a cheese-and-onion slice for lunch.
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nouncountable
A single cross-section image of the inside of the body.
Like one photo showing a single thin layer inside the body.
The doctor studied each slice of the brain scan.
One slice showed a small spot on the lung.
Similarsection, cross-section
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12
nouncountable
A thin, wide, flat object or piece.
Like a thin, flat sheet of cardboard.
The tool was a thin slice of steel with a handle.
She wedged a slice of wood under the door.
Similarsheet, slab, piece
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13
verbtransitive
To hit the ball with backspin so it stays low after it bounces.
Like brushing under the ball so it spins and skims low.
She sliced the ball to keep it low over the net.
Try to slice your backhand for a low, skidding shot.
Similarchip, chop, cut
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14
verbtransitive
To kick a ball badly so it flies off to the side instead of where you aimed.
Like swinging a bat off-center so the ball spins away instead of going straight.
He tried to slice the ball into the net but sent it over the bar.
She sliced the ball wide of the goal.
Similarskew, shank, miskick
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15
verbtransitive
To hit the shuttlecock at an angle so it moves sideways and down.
Like brushing your hand along the side of a ball to make it spin.
She sliced the shuttlecock so it dropped just over the net.
Try to slice the shuttle to make it spin away from your opponent.
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16
nouncountable
In cricket, a batting shot played with the bat held at a wide, open angle.
Like guiding a ball off to one side with a tilted paddle.
He played a clever slice past the fielders for four runs.
Her slice sent the ball racing toward the boundary.
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17
nouncountable
A wide, flat kitchen tool used to lift and serve fish, or to spread things like paint.
Like a flat spatula you use to lift and serve food.
She lifted the fillet onto the plate with a slice.
He used a slice to spread the icing evenly.
Similarspatula
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18
verbtransitive
In rowing, to dip the oar blade too deep into the water at the start of a stroke.
Like pushing a paddle in too deep so it drags instead of pushing the boat.
If you slice the blade, the boat slows at every stroke.
The novice sliced her oar and lost rhythm with the crew.
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19
nouncountable
A broad, thin piece of plaster used in building work.
Like a thin chip of dried paint peeling off a wall.
A slice of plaster had fallen from the damp wall.
Workers smoothed a fresh slice of plaster over the wall.
Similarsheet, flake, piece
20
nouncountable
A flat tray or platter for carrying or serving things.
Like a tray you carry cups and drinks on.
The servant carried the cups in on a silver slice.
She arranged the glasses neatly on the polished slice.
Similarsalver, tray, platter
21
verbtransitive
To clear ash and burnt waste from a fire or furnace using a special iron bar.
Like raking out the bottom of a grill to let air flow through.
The stoker had to slice the fire every few hours to keep it burning.
He sliced the grate to clear the built-up ash.
Similarrake, clear
22
nouncountable
A flat iron tool with a handle, used to strip planks, cut blubber, or stir a coal fire.
Like a flat metal scraper attached to a long handle.
The whaler sharpened his slice before cutting into the blubber.
She stirred the glowing coals with a long iron slice.
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23
nouncountable
In shipbuilding, one of the wedges used to raise a ship off its blocks before launching it.
Like a wedge you push under something heavy to lift it.
Workers hammered each slice in to lift the hull off the blocks.
A single slice slipped, and the cradle settled unevenly.
Similarwedge
24
adjective
In math, describing a knot that can be closed off by a smooth, flat surface in a bigger space.
In her math class, she learned that some knots are slice and others are not.
Mathematicians proved that this knot is slice.
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25
nouncountable
In printing, a sliding bottom panel that can be removed from a type tray.
Like a drawer bottom that slides out of a tray.
The printer pulled out the slice to release the set type.
A warped slice can make the galley stick.
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26
nouncountable
In falconry, a hawk's droppings that shoot out sideways rather than straight down.
The falconer wiped a slice off the side of the perch.
A fresh slice from the hawk marked the wall beside its block.
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Origin

It comes from Old French esclice, meaning 'a piece split off', which goes back to a Frankish word meaning 'to split up'.