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Webster 1913 Edition

Slice

Slice

,
Noun.
[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
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A thin, broad piece cut off;
as, a
slice
of bacon; a
slice
of cheese; a
slice
of bread.
2.
That which is thin and broad, like a slice.
Specifically:
(a)
A broad, thin piece of plaster.
(b)
A salver, platter, or tray.
[Obs.]
(c)
A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
(d)
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.
[Cant]
(e)
(Shipbuilding)
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
(f)
(Printing)
A removable sliding bottom to galley.
Slice bar
,
a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice.

Slice

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sliced
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slicing
.]
1.
To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
2.
To cut into parts; to divide.
3.
To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slice

SLICE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin broad piece.
2.
To cut into parts.
3.
To cut; to divide.

SLICE

,
Noun.
A thin broad piece cut off; as a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
2.
A broad piece' as a slice of plaster.
3.
A peel; a spatula; an instrument consisting of a broad plate with a handle, used by apothecaries for spreading plaster, & c.
4.
In ship-building, a tapering piece of plank to be driven between the timbers before planking.

Definition 2024

slice

slice

See also: slicé

English

Noun

slice ‎(plural slices)

  1. That which is thin and broad.
  2. A thin, broad piece cut off.
    a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread
  3. amount
    • 2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC:
      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.
    • 2010, Andrea Renzoni, ‎Eric Renzoni, Fuhgeddaboudit! (page 22)
      For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.
  5. (Britain) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
    I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.
  6. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
  7. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
  8. A salver, platter, or tray.
  9. 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. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
  11. (printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
  12. (golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
  13. (Australia, New Zealand) A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
  14. (medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
  15. (falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)

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Verb

slice ‎(third-person singular simple present slices, present participle slicing, simple past and past participle sliced)

  1. To cut into slices.
    Slice the cheese thinly.
  2. To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
    The knife left sliced his arm.
  3. (golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
  4. (tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
  5. (badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
  6. (soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
    • 2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
      Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.
  7. (rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
  8. (transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.

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French

Verb

slice

  1. first-person singular present indicative of slicer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of slicer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of slicer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of slicer
  5. second-person singular imperative of slicer

Old Irish

Noun

slice ?

  1. shell

Inflection

Unknown gender io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

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Etymology

From Middle English slice, esclice, 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 *slaid-, *sled- ‎(“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz ‎(“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīzan ‎(“to tear”), Old English slītan ‎(“to split up”). More at slite, slit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaɪs/
  • Rhymes: -aɪs

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