slice
//slaɪs//
Forms
- Plural
- slices
- present (v1)
- slice
- past (v2)
- sliced
- past participle (v3)
- sliced
- present participle
- slicing
- 3rd person singular
- slices
Definitions
1.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.
2.A thin, broad piece cut off.
- Jim was munching on a slice of toast.
3.An amount of anything.(colloquial)
- 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.
- For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.
1.To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
- The knife left sliced his arm.
2.To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
3.To cut into slices.
4.To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3862
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”).