slice

(slīs)

1. a. A thin broad piece cut from a larger object: ate a slice of cheese; examined a slice of the diseased lung.
   b. An often wedge-shaped piece cut from a larger, usually circular object: ordered a slice of pie; shared a slice of pizza.
2. A portion or share: a slice of the profits.
3. a. A knife with a broad, thin, flexible blade, used for cutting and serving food.
   b. A similar implement for spreading printing ink.
4. Sports
   a. The course of a ball that curves in the direction of the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the right of a right-handed player.
   b. A stroke that causes a ball to follow such a course: a golfer with a bad slice.
   c. A ball propelled on such a course.
   d. A stroke, as in tennis, in which the ball is struck with a downward motion with the open face of the racket in order to impart backspin.

1. To cut or divide into slices: slice a loaf of bread.
2. To cut from a larger piece: slice off a piece of salami.
3. To cut through or across with or as if with a knife: The harvester sliced the field.
4. To divide into portions or shares; parcel out.
5. To spread, work at, or clear away with a bladed tool such as a slice bar.
6. Sports To hit (a ball) with a slice.

1. To move like a knife: The destroyer sliced through the water.
2. Sports To hit a ball with a slice.

Related Forms:

• sliceˈa·ble adjective

• slicˈer noun