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slice

/slaɪs/ · noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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