slice — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. That which is thin and broad.

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   Altri esempi (1)

   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 thin, broad piece cut off.

   Sinonimi

   cuttingsnippet

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   a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread

   Jim was munching on a slice of toast.

3. An amount of anything.

   Uso

   • colloquiale

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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.

4. 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.

5. A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

   Uso

   • uso britannico

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   I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.

6. A broad, thin piece of plaster.

7. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.

8. A salver, platter, or tray.

9. 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.

10. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

11. A removable sliding bottom to a galley.

12. A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.

    Sinonimi

    banana ballbanana slice

13. A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.

14. Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.

    Uso

    • Australia
    • New-Zealand
    • uso britannico

15. A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.

16. A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)

17. A contiguous portion of an array.

Verbo

1. To cut into slices.

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   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Slice the cheese thinly.

2. To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   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

3. To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.

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   • transitivo

4. To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.

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   • transitivo

5. To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).

   Uso

   • transitivo

6. To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.

   Uso

   • transitivo

7. To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.

8. To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

   Uso

   • transitivo

Aggettivo

1. Having the properties of a slice knot.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

Sostantivo

1. a share of something

   Sinonimi

   piece

   Termini più generali

   shareportionpartpercentage

   Esempi

   a slice of the company's revenue

2. a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

   Sinonimi

   piece

   Termini più generali

   helpingportionserving

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   a piece of pie

   a slice of bread

3. a wound made by cutting

   Sinonimi

   cutgashslash

   Termini più generali

   woundlesion

   Esempi

   he put a bandage over the cut

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

   Sinonimi

   fadeslicing

   Termini più generali

   golf strokegolf shotswing

   Esempi

   he took lessons to cure his slicing

5. a thin flat piece cut off of some object

   Termini più generali

   partpiece

6. a spatula for spreading paint or ink

   Termini più generali

   spatula

Verbo

1. make a clean cut through

   Sinonimi

   slit

   Termini più generali

   cut

   Esempi

   slit her throat

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

   Termini più generali

   hit

3. cut into slices

   Sinonimi

   slice up

   Termini più generali

   cut

   Esempi

   Slice the salami, please

4. hit a ball so that it causes a backspin

   Termini più generali

   strikehit