slice

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Synonyms: slide, slick, sluice, slike, slime, splice, slife, snice, slive, spice, alice

Antonyms: slide, slick, sluice, slike, slime, splice, slife, snice, slive, spice, alice

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Noun

1. That which is [[thin]] and [[broad]].
2. A thin, broad piece cut off.
3. {{lb|en|colloquial}} An [[amount]] of anything.
4. A piece of [[pizza]], shaped like a [[sector]] of a circle.
5. {{lb|en|British}} A [[snack]] consisting of [[pastry]] with [[savoury]] [[filling]].
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. {{lb|en|printing}} A removable sliding bottom to a [[galley]].
12. {{lb|en|golf}} A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See {{m|en|fade}}, {{m|en|hook}}, {{m|en|draw}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cut into slices.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cut with an edge using a drawing motion.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a [[slice bar]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|badminton}} To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|golf}} To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
6. {{lb|en|transitive|rowing}} To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
7. {{lb|en|transitive|soccer}} To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
8. {{lb|en|transitive|tennis}} To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|mathematics}} Having the properties of a slice [[knot]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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