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Slice

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Noun

1. piece, slice

a share of something

Example Sentences:
'a slice of the company's revenue'

2. piece, slice

a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

Example Sentences:
'a piece of pie'
'a slice of bread'

3. cut, gash, slash, slice

a wound made by cutting

Example Sentences:
'he put a bandage over the cut'

4. fade, slice, slicing

a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

Example Sentences:
'he took lessons to cure his slicing'

5. slice

a thin flat piece cut off of some object

6. slice

a spatula for spreading paint or ink

Verb

7. slice, slit

make a clean cut through

Example Sentences:
'slit her throat'

8. slice

hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction

9. slice, slice up

cut into slices

Example Sentences:
'Slice the salami, please'

10. slice

hit a ball so that it causes a backspin

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slice

see synonyms of slice
noun
1. 
a thin flat piece cut from something having bulk
a slice of pork
2. 
a share or portion
a slice of the company's revenue
3. 
any of various utensils having a broad flat blade and resembling a spatula
4. (in golf, tennis, etc)
a. 
the flight of a ball that travels obliquely because it has been struck off centre
b. 
the action of hitting such a shot
c. 
the shot so hit
verb
5. 
to divide or cut (something) into parts or slices
6. (when intr, usually foll by through)
to cut in a clean and effortless manner
7. (when intr, foll by through)
to move or go (through something) like a knife
the ship sliced through the water
8. (usually foll by off, from, away, etc)
to cut or be cut (from) a larger piece
9. (transitive)
to remove by use of a slicing implement
10. 
to hit (a ball) with a slice
11. (transitive) rowing
to put the blade of the oar into (the water) slantwise

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Slice

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noun
1. 
a relatively thin, broad piece cut from an object having some bulk or volume
a slice of apple
2. 
a part, portion, or share
a slice of one's earnings
3. 
any of various implements with a flat, broad blade, as a spatula
4. 
a. 
the path of a hit ball that curves away to the right from a right-handed player or to the left from a left-handed player
b. 
a ball that follows such a path
verb transitiveWord forms: sliced or ˈslicing
5. 
to cut into slices
6. 
a. 
to cut off as in a slice or slices
often with off, from, away, etc.
b. 
to cut across or through like a knife
7. 
to separate into parts or shares
sliced up the profits
8. 
to use a slice (sense 3) to spread, remove, etc.
9. 
to hit (a ball) in a slice (sense 4) slice (sense 4a)
verb intransitive
10. 
to cut (through) like a knife
a plow slicing through the earth
11. 
a. 
to be hit in a slice (sense 4) slice (sense 4a)
b. 
to hit a ball in a slice (sense 4) slice (sense 4a)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Slice

see synonyms of slice
n.
1.
a. A thin broad piece cut from a larger object: ate a slice of cheese; examined a slice of the diseased lung.
b. An often wedge-shaped piece cut from a larger, usually circular object: ordered a slice of pie; shared a slice of pizza.
2. A portion or share: a slice of the profits.
3.
a. A knife with a broad, thin, flexible blade, used for cutting and serving food.
b. A similar implement for spreading printing ink.
4. Sports
a. The course of a ball that curves in the direction of the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the right of a right-handed player.
b. A stroke that causes a ball to follow such a course: a golfer with a bad slice.
c. A ball propelled on such a course.
d. A stroke, as in tennis, in which the ball is struck with a downward motion with the open face of the racket in order to impart backspin.
v. sliced, slic·ing, slic·es
v.tr.
1. To cut or divide into slices: slice a loaf of bread.
2. To cut from a larger piece: slice off a piece of salami.
3. To cut through or move through with an action like cutting: "where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire" (Robert Frost).
4. To divide into portions or shares; parcel out: "With mortgage securitisation, a pool of home loans is sliced into tranches bearing different degrees of risk" (David Shirreff).
5. To reduce or remove from a larger amount or entity: sliced 10 percent off the asking price.
6. Sports To hit (a ball) with a slice.
v.intr.
1. To make a cut with a cutting implement: I sliced into the cake.
2. To move like a knife: The destroyer sliced through the water.
3. Sports To hit a ball with a slice.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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