Pronunciations (2)
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/slaɪs/
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slaɪs
Noun
That which is thin and broad.
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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.
A thin, broad piece cut off.
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a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread
Jim was munching on a slice of toast.
An amount of anything.
Usage- Colloquial
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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.
A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
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For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.
A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
Usage- UK usage
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I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.
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.
A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
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A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
Usage- Australia
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A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
A contiguous portion of an array.
Verb
To cut into slices.
Usage- Transitive
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Slice the cheese thinly.
To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
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The knife left sliced his arm.
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How could it all be / We've never been dead / But never awake from this dream / How could it all be / We've never been dead / Just mirrors running scared / Slicing wrists while we look for our own mortality / All the lights went out cold / Shadow covers the soul / Essence of the world made ceremonial / Now we all wait for the demise / What was the question? / Why do you need an answer? / You make me nauseous
To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
Usage- Transitive
To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
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To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
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To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
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To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
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Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.
To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
Usage- Transitive
Adjective
Having the properties of a slice knot.
Usage- not-comparable
Noun
a share of something
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a slice of the company's revenue
a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
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a piece of pie
a slice of bread
a wound made by cutting
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he put a bandage over the cut
a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
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he took lessons to cure his slicing
a thin flat piece cut off of some object
a spatula for spreading paint or ink
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Verb
make a clean cut through
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slit her throat
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
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cut into slices
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Slice the salami, please
hit a ball so that it causes a backspin