noun

1. a relatively thin, broad piece cut from an object having some bulk or volume a slice of apple
2. a part, portion, or share a slice of one's earnings
3. any of various implements with a flat, broad blade, as a spatula
4. 1. the path of a hit ball that curves away to the right from a right-handed player or to the left from a left-handed player
   2. a ball that follows such a path

Etymology: ME < OFr esclice < esclicier, to slice < Frank slizzan, akin to slit

transitive verb sliced, slicing slic′·ing

1. to cut into slices
2. 1. to cut off as in a slice or slices: often with off, from, away, etc.
   2. to cut across or through like a knife
3. to separate into parts or shares sliced up the profits
4. to use a slice () to spread, remove, etc.
5. to hit (a ball) in a slice ()

intransitive verb

1. to cut (through) like a knife a plow slicing through the earth
2. 1. to be hit in a slice ()
   2. to hit a ball in a slice ()