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slice
[ slahys ]
noun
- a thin, flat piece cut from something:
a slice of bread.
- a part, portion, or share:
a slice of land.
- any of various implements with a thin, broad blade or part, as for turning food in a frying pan, serving fish at the table, or taking up printing ink; spatula.
- Sports.
- the path described by a ball, as in baseball or golf, that curves in a direction corresponding to the side from which it was struck.
- a ball describing such a path.
- Tennis. a stroke executed by hitting down on the ball with an underhand motion and thus creating backspin.
verb (used with object)
- to cut into slices; divide into parts.
- to cut through or cleave with or as if with a knife:
The ship sliced the sea.
- to cut off or remove as a slice or slices (sometimes followed by off, away, from, etc.).
- to remove by means of a slice, slice bar, or similar implement.
- Sports. to hit (a ball) so as to result in a slice.
verb (used without object)
- to slice something.
- to admit of being sliced.
- Sports.
- (of a player) to slice the ball.
- (of a ball) to describe a slice in flight.
slice
/ ²õ±ô²¹Éª²õ /
noun
- a thin flat piece cut from something having bulk
a slice of pork
- a share or portion
a slice of the company's revenue
- any of various utensils having a broad flat blade and resembling a spatula
- in golf, tennis, etc
- the flight of a ball that travels obliquely because it has been struck off centre
- the action of hitting such a shot
- the shot so hit
verb
- to divide or cut (something) into parts or slices
- whenintr, usually foll by through to cut in a clean and effortless manner
- whenintr, foll by through to move or go (through something) like a knife
the ship sliced through the water
- usually foll byoff, from, away, etc to cut or be cut (from) a larger piece
- tr to remove by use of a slicing implement
- to hit (a ball) with a slice
- tr rowing to put the blade of the oar into (the water) slantwise
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ±ô¾±³¦±ð²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
- ˈ²õ±ô¾±³¦±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±ô¾±³¦±ða·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ²õ±ô¾±³¦î€ƒi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
- ±è°ù±ð·²õ±ô¾±³¦±ð verb (used with object) presliced preslicing
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ±ô¾±³¦±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of slice1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the subsequent idiom beginning with slice , also see greatest thing since sliced bread ; no matter how you slice it .Example Sentences
Once it was out of the oven, he’d add shredded lettuce and sliced tomatoes.
In a Trump-friendly slice of California, concerns about higher prices and uncertainty about the economy were palpable as the White House announced tariff plans.
“We bought a bunch right when he got elected because we knew everything’s about to go up,†she said as she stood in line with her 2-year-old son to buy a slice of pizza.
While they might have come together over a cup of coffee or a slice of pizza before, now they’re meeting to mourn together.
Dorian’s board, for example, calls for flakey salt, citrus zest, fresh herbs, sliced red onions, edible flowers and a generous drizzle of honey.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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