Sekirov Dictionary

slice

/slaɪs/

noun 17
verb 8
adjective 1
forms 4
phrases 2

noun17

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a wide, very thin part that a single cut separates from something larger
- Jim was munching on a slice of toast.
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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. — 1881
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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. — 2010
A broad, thin piece of plaster.
A contiguous portion of an array.
(informal) An amount of anything.
A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
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(UK) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.
(UK, Australia) Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
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.
A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
A salver, platter, or tray.
A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
A removable sliding bottom to a galley.

verb8

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To cut into slices.
- Slice the cheese thinly.
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To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
- The knife left sliced his arm.
To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
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To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
- Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner. — 2011
To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.

adjective1

Having the properties of a slice knot.

forms

sliced · slicing · slices · sliceth

Phrases with slice

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