Slice
[slaɪs]
Definition
(noun.) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; 'he took lessons to cure his slicing'.
(noun.) a spatula for spreading paint or ink.
(noun.) a thin flat piece cut off of some object.
(noun.) a share of something; 'a slice of the company's revenue'.
(verb.) hit a ball so that it causes a backspin.
(verb.) cut into slices; 'Slice the salami, please'.
(verb.) hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction.
Typed by Emile--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
(v. t.) That which is thin and broad, like a slice.
(v. t.) A broad, thin piece of plaster.
(v. t.) A salver, platter, or tray.
(v. t.) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
(v. t.) A removable sliding bottom to galley.
(v. t.) To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
(v. t.) To cut into parts; to divide.
(v. t.) To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
Checker: Yale
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Cut (into thin pieces).
n. Collop, chop, thin piece.
Checked by Jean
Definition
v.t. to slit or divide into thin pieces.—n. a thin broad piece: a broad knife for serving fish.—n. Slī′cer one who or that which slices: a broad flat knife.
Inputed by Hilary
Examples
- Now Sophia, it so chanced, was fond of a slice of mutton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They slice around the bone a little, then break off the limb. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They have immense, flat, forked cushions of feet, that make a track in the dust like a pie with a slice cut out of it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Those who were not got a piece of rancid salt pork from the skipper, and cut a large, thick slice out of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The bread clamp is simply raised at the edge of the slice of bread, and holds the bread firmly in place. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He had just cut a mighty slice from the latter, when the footsteps of somebody entering the room, caused him to raise his head; and he beheld his son. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When I had money enough, I used to get half-a-pint of ready-made coffee and a slice of bread and butter. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If there was also a plate of thin slices of pink ham garnished with green parsley, so much the better. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Also a piece of beef preserved on the same day; this when you have inspected it shall be cut in slices and broiled. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And then, proceeded Leinster, we took our breakfast, which consisted of thick slices of bread with a little salt butter. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Bread--knuckle o' ham, reg'lar picter--cold beef in slices, wery good. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Some of the young ladies washed the lettuces for him, and sliced them under his directions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sliced bacon, fancy sausage and other specialties are usually packed in a separate room, into attractive cartons for the retail trade. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Trabb had sliced his hot roll into three feather-beds, and was slipping butter in between the blankets, and covering it up. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Bonello sliced a big cheese on the heavy kitchen table. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Editor: Yvonne