slice
noun
1 slice
A share of something:
— A slice of the company's revenue.
synonym: piece.
Roget 51:
part,
portion;
dose;
item,
particular;
aught,
any;
division,
ward;
subdivision,
section;
chapter,
clause,
count,
paragraph,
verse;
article,
passage;
sector,
segment;
fraction,
fragment;
cantle,
frustum;
detachment,
parcel.
piece [Fr.],
lump,
bit cut,
cutting;
chip,
chunk,
collop†,
slice,
scale;
lamina
etc.
204;
small part;
morsel,
particle
etc.
(smallness)
32;
installment,
dividend;
share
etc.
(allotment)
786.
debris,
odds and ends,
oddments,
detritus;
excerpta†;
member,
limb,
lobe,
lobule,
arm,
wing,
scion,
branch,
bough,
joint,
link,
offshoot,
ramification,
twig,
bush,
spray,
sprig;
runner;
leaf,
leaflet;
stump;
component part
etc.
56;
sarmentum†.
compartment;
department
etc.
(class)
75;
county
etc.
(region)
181.
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2 slice
A serving that has been cut from a larger portion:
— A slice of bread.
synonym: piece.
3 slice
A wound made by cutting.
synonyms: cut, gash, slash.
Roget 204:
layer,
stratum,
strata,
course,
bed,
zone,
substratum,
substrata,
floor,
flag,
stage,
story,
tier,
slab,
escarpment;
table,
tablet;
dess†;
flagstone;
board,
plank;
trencher,
platter.
plate;
lamina,
lamella;
sheet,
foil;
wafer;
scale,
flake,
peel;
coat,
pellicle;
membrane,
film;
leaf;
slice,
shive†,
cut,
rasher,
shaving,
integument
etc.
(covering)
223;
eschar†.
stratification,
scaliness,
nest of boxes,
coats of an onion.
monolayer;
bilayer;
trilayer [Bioch.].
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Dutch: jaap, snede, snee, snijwond
Polish: rana cięta
4 slice
A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
synonyms: fade, slicing.
5 slice
A thin flat piece cut off of some object.
Dutch: schijf, plak
6 slice
A spatula for spreading paint or ink.
verb
1 slice
Make a clean cut through.
synonym: slit.
Roget 44:
be disjoined
&c.;
come off,
fall off,
come to pieces,
fall to pieces;
peel off;
get loose.
disjoin,
disconnect,
disengage,
disunite,
dissociate,
dispair†;
divorce,
part,
dispart†,
detach,
separate,
cut off,
rescind,
segregate;
set apart,
keep apart;
insulate,
isolate;
throw out of gear;
cut adrift;
loose;
unloose,
undo,
unbind,
unchain,
unlock
etc.
(fix)
43,
unpack,
unravel;
disentangle;
set free
etc.
(liberate)
750.
sunder,
divide,
subdivide,
sever,
dissever,
abscind†;
circumcise;
cut;
incide†,
incise;
saw,
snip,
nib,
nip,
cleave,
rive,
rend,
slit,
split,
splinter,
chip,
crack,
snap,
break,
tear,
burst;
rend
&c.,
rend asunder,
rend in twain;
wrench,
rupture,
shatter,
shiver,
cranch†,
crunch,
craunch†,
chop;
cut up,
rip up;
hack,
hew,
slash;
whittle;
haggle,
hackle,
discind†,
lacerate,
scamble†,
mangle,
gash,
hash,
slice.
cut up,
carve,
dissect,
anatomize;
dislimb†;
take to pieces,
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces,
tear to pieces;
tear to tatters,
tear piecemeal,
tear limb from limb;
divellicate†;
skin
etc.
226;
disintegrate,
dismember,
disbranch†,
disband;
disperse
etc.
73;
dislocate,
disjoint;
break up;
mince;
comminute
etc.
(pulverize)
330;
apportion
etc.
786.
part,
part company;
separate,
leave.
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Roget 204:
slice,
shave,
pare,
peel;
delaminate;
plate,
coat,
veneer;
cover
etc.
223.
2 slice
Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction.
3 slice
Cut into slices:
— Slice the salami, please.
synonym: slice up.
Dutch: afsnijden
4 slice
Hit a ball so that it causes a backspin.
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