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noun | verb sliceslice1 /slaɪs/ ●●● S3 noun ETYMOLOGYslice1Origin: 1400-1500 Old French esclice thin piece broken off, from esclicier to splinter THESAURUSamount► piece an amount that has been cut or broken from something, or one of the amounts that something has been cut or broken into: The vase has a piece broken off of it. The lamp lay in pieces on the floor (=in small parts). ► scrap a small piece of paper, cloth, etc.: He took out the scrap of paper on which he’d written the address. ► strip a long narrow piece of paper, cloth, etc.: She tore a strip off her shirt to make a bandage. ► chip a small piece of wood or stone, especially one that separates accidentally from a larger piece when it is being cut: The pathway was covered with wood chips. ► flake a very thin flat piece of something such as snow or dried food, which breaks easily: The first flakes of snow were beginning to fall. ► fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially rock, bone, glass, or metal: Fragments of glass from the car crash were still on the street. ► shard a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or pottery: They found shards of ancient pots buried in the ground. ► chunk a thick piece of something solid that does not have an even shape: The stew was filled with large chunks of chicken. ► lump a small piece of something solid that does not have a definite shape: She put a lump of brown sugar in her coffee. ► block a piece of a hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides: They were using blocks of wood as stools. ► slice a thin flat piece of bread, meat, etc. cut from a larger piece: Would you like a slice of pie? ► crumb a very small piece of bread, cake, etc.: She scattered crumbs for the birds. ► sliver a very small thin piece of something: There was only a sliver of soap left. ► splinter a small sharp thin piece of wood, glass, or metal, especially one that goes into someone’s skin: He got a splinter in his toe from the old wood floor. 1 [countable] a flat piece of bread, meat, etc. cut from a larger piece: Cut the cheese into thin slices.slice of a slice of bread► see thesaurus at piece12[countable] a part or share of something good: slice of Everyone wants their slice of the profits.3[countable] a way of hitting the ball in sports such as tennis and golf that makes the ball go to one side with a spinning movement, rather than straight ahead4a slice of life a description or scene in a movie, play, or book that shows life as it really is5[countable] a tool or machine used for slicing food SYN slicer [Origin: 1400–1500 Old French esclice thin piece broken off, from esclicier to splinter] noun | verb sliceslice2 ●●○ verb VERB TABLEslice |
Present | I, you, we, they | slice | | he, she, it | slices | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sliced | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sliced | | he, she, it | has sliced | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sliced | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will slice | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sliced |
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Present | I | am slicing | | he, she, it | is slicing | | you, we, they | are slicing | Past | I, he, she, it | was slicing | | you, we, they | were slicing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been slicing | | he, she, it | has been slicing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been slicing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be slicing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been slicing |
► slice something in two/half (=slice something into two equal pieces) THESAURUSdivide something into pieces► cut to use a knife, scissors, etc. to divide something into two or more pieces, or to remove a piece from the main part of something: Let me cut the cake. Using scissors, cut carefully along the dotted lines. ► chop (up) to cut meat, vegetables, or wood into pieces: Chop the garlic into small pieces and put it in the pan. ► slice to cut bread, meat, or vegetables into thin pieces: She sliced some bread and put it on a plate. ► dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces: Dice the tomatoes and onions the same size. ► peel to cut the outside part off an apple, potato, etc.: Are you going to peel the potatoes or leave the skins on? ► carve to cut pieces from a large piece of meat: Who’s going to carve the turkey this year? ► shred to cut vegetables into small thin pieces: He shredded the carrots and put them on top of the salad. ► grate to cut cheese, vegetables, etc. into small pieces using a grater: I scraped my finger while I was grating the cheese. 1 [transitive] (also slice up) to cut meat, bread, etc. into thin flat pieces: Could you slice the bread? Slice up the onions thinly.► see thesaurus at cut12[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] to cut something easily with one long movement of a sharp knife or edge: slice into/through The blade is so sharp it can slice through a tin can.slice something in two/half (=slice something into two equal pieces)3[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] to move quickly and easily through something such as water or air, or to make something do this: slice through/into The speedboat sliced through the water.4[transitive] to hit the ball in sports such as tennis or golf so that it spins sideways instead of moving straight forward5any way you slice it spoken in any way you choose to consider the situation: It’s the truth, any way you slice it.—slicer noun [countable]slice something ↔ off phrasal verb to separate something by cutting it with one long movement of a sharp knife or edge: He accidentally sliced off the end of his finger. |