slice

A2
Pronunciation
/slaɪs/
/slaɪs/
Noun
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

That which is thin and broad.

2 Definition

A thin, broad piece cut off.

Example Sentences
  • Jim was munching on a slice of toast.
3 Definition

An amount of anything.

4 Definition

A piece of pizza.

5 Definition

A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

Example Sentences
  • I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.
6 Definition

A broad, thin piece of plaster.

7 Definition

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

8 Definition

A salver, platter, or tray.

9 Definition

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 Definition

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

11 Definition

A removable sliding bottom to a galley.

12 Definition

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

13 Definition

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

14 Definition

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

15 Definition

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

16 Definition

A contiguous portion of an array.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cut into slices.

Example Sentences
  • Slice the cheese thinly.
2 Definition

To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.

Example Sentences
  • The knife left sliced his arm.
3 Definition

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

4 Definition

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

5 Definition

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

6 Definition

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

7 Definition

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

8 Definition

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

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Having the properties of a slice knot.