slice
/slaɪs/ · noun
Meaning
- That which is thin and broad.
- A thin, broad piece cut off.
- An amount of anything.
- A piece of pizza.
- A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- To cut into slices.
- To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
- To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
- To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
- To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
- To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
- Having the properties of a slice knot.
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