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slice
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun slice has 6 senses
- slice(n = noun.possession) piece - a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue" is a kind of part, percentage, portion, share
- slice(n = noun.food) piece - a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" is a kind of helping, portion, serving
- slice(n = noun.state) cut, gash, slash - a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" is a kind of lesion, wound
- slice(n = noun.act) fade, slicing - a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" is a kind of golf shot, golf stroke, swing
- slice(n = noun.object) Array - a thin flat piece cut off of some object; Array is a kind of part, piece
- slice(n = noun.artifact) Array - a spatula for spreading paint or ink; Array is a kind of spatula
has particulars: cutlet, escallop, scallop, scollop, filet, fillet, fish filet, fish fillet
Derived form verb slice3
Derived form verb slice1
Derived forms verb slice4, verb slice2
has particulars: section
Derived form verb slice3
Verb slice has 4 senses
- slice(v = verb.contact) slit - make a clean cut through; "slit her throat" is one way to cut
- slice(v = verb.contact) Array - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction; Array is one way to hit
- slice(v = verb.contact) slice up - cut into slices; "Slice the salami, please" is one way to cut
- slice(v = verb.competition) Array - hit a ball so that it causes a backspin; Array is one way to hit, strike
Derived forms noun slice3, noun slicer2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun slice4, noun slicer1, noun slicing1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun slice2, noun slice5, noun slicer3, noun slicer2, noun slicing2
Sample sentence:
The chefs slice the vegetables
Derived forms noun slice4, noun slicing1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
slice, n. [OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. slīzan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See Slit, v. t. ].
- A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread. [1913 Webster]
- That which is thin and broad, like a slice. [1913 Webster]
slice, v. t.
- To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from. [1913 Webster]
- To cut into parts; to divide. [1913 Webster]
- To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace. [1913 Webster]
- To hit (the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
slice, n. & v.
--n.
1 a thin broad piece or wedge cut off or out esp. from meat or bread or a cake, pie, or large fruit.
2 a share; a part taken or allotted or gained (a slice of territory; a slice of the profits).
3 an implement with a broad flat blade for serving fish etc. or for scraping or chipping.
4 Golf & Lawn Tennis a slicing stroke.
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by up) cut into slices.
2 tr. (foll. by off) cut (a piece) off.
3 intr. (foll. by into, through) cut with or like a knife.
4 tr. (also absol.) a Golf strike (the ball) so that it deviates away from the striker. b (in other sports) propel (the ball) forward at an angle.
5 tr. go through (air etc.) with a cutting motion.
--n.
1 a thin broad piece or wedge cut off or out esp. from meat or bread or a cake, pie, or large fruit.
2 a share; a part taken or allotted or gained (a slice of territory; a slice of the profits).
3 an implement with a broad flat blade for serving fish etc. or for scraping or chipping.
4 Golf & Lawn Tennis a slicing stroke.
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by up) cut into slices.
2 tr. (foll. by off) cut (a piece) off.
3 intr. (foll. by into, through) cut with or like a knife.
4 tr. (also absol.) a Golf strike (the ball) so that it deviates away from the striker. b (in other sports) propel (the ball) forward at an angle.
5 tr. go through (air etc.) with a cutting motion.
Idiom
slice of life a realistic representation of everyday experience.
Derivative
sliceable adj. slicer n. (also in comb.).
Etymology
ME f. OF esclice, esclicier splinter f. Frank. slitjan, rel. to SLIT
THESAURUS
slice
allotment, allowance, amputate, apportion, ax, big end, bigger half, bisect, bit, bite, breach, break, breakage, budget, burst, butcher, butt, carve, carve up, chip, chop, chunk, cleave, cleft, clip, clipping, coat, coating, collop, commission, contingent, covering, crack, crumb, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, cut up, cutting, deal, destiny, dichotomize, disk, dissect, dissever, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with, dividend, divvy up, dole, dollop, end, equal share, excise, fate, feuille, film, fissure, flap, foil, fold, fracture, fragment, gap, gash, gob, gobbet, hack, half, halve, halver, helping, hew, hunk, incise, interest, jigsaw, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lance, lap, layer, leaf, lot, lump, measure, meed, membrane, mess, modicum, moiety, morsel, pane, panel, parcel, pare, paring, part, particle, partition, patina, peel, pellicle, percentage, piece, pierce, plait, plank, plate, plating, ply, plywood, portion, proportion, prune, quantum, quota, rake-off, rasher, ration, rend, rent, rift, rip, rive, rupture, safety glass, saw, scale, scallop, scissor, scoop, scrap, scum, segment, sever, shard, share, share out, share with, shaving, sheet, shiver, shred, skin, slab, slash, slat, slice the pie, slice up, slicer, slit, sliver, small share, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, spatula, splinter, split, split up, stake, stitch, stock, stump, sunder, table, tablet, tatter, tear, veneer, wafer, wedge, whittleROGET THESAURUS
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Disjunction
VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.Part
N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.Layer
N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.VB slice, shave, pare, peel, delaminate, plate, coat, veneer, cover.
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