slice

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: piececutgashslashfadeslicingslitslice up

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. a share of something“a slice of the company's revenue”Synonyms: piece
  2. a serving that has been cut from a larger portion“a piece of pie”“a slice of bread”Synonyms: piece
  3. a wound made by cutting“he put a bandage over the cut”Synonyms: cutgashslash
  4. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer“he took lessons to cure his slicing”Synonyms: fadeslicing
  5. a thin flat piece cut off of some object
  6. a spatula for spreading paint or ink

Verb (4)

  1. make a clean cut through“slit her throat”Synonyms: slit
  2. hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
  3. cut into slices“Slice the salami, please”Synonyms: slice up
  4. hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Slice \Slice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sliced; p. pr. & vb. n. Slicing.]

1.To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from. [1913 Webster]

2.To cut into parts; to divide. [1913 Webster]

3.To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace. [1913 Webster]

4.(Golf) To hit (the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Slice \Slice\, n. [OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. sl[imac]zan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See Slit, v. t.]

1.A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread. [1913 Webster]

2.That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically: (a) A broad, thin piece of plaster. (b) A salver, platter, or tray. [Obs.] (c) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink. (d) 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. [Cant] (e) (Shipbuilding) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching. (f) (Printing) A removable sliding bottom to galley. [1913 Webster]

Slice bar, a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice. [1913 Webster]

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