slice

(slīs)

a. A thin broad piece cut from a larger object: ate a slice of cheese; examined a slice of the diseased lung.

b. An often wedge-shaped piece cut from a larger, usually circular object: ordered a slice of pie; shared a slice of pizza.

2. A portion or share: a slice of the profits.

a. A knife with a broad, thin, flexible blade, used for cutting and serving food.

b. A similar implement for spreading printing ink.

4. Sports

a. The course of a ball that curves in the direction of the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the right of a right-handed player.

b. A stroke that causes a ball to follow such a course: a golfer with a bad slice.

c. A ball propelled on such a course.

d. A stroke, as in tennis, in which the ball is struck with a downward motion with the open face of the racket in order to impart backspin.

v. sliced, slic·ing, slic·es

v.tr.

1. To cut or divide into slices: slice a loaf of bread.

2. To cut from a larger piece: slice off a piece of salami.

3. To cut through or move through with an action like cutting: "where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire" (Robert Frost).

4. To divide into portions or shares; parcel out: "With mortgage securitisation, a pool of home loans is sliced into tranches bearing different degrees of risk" (David Shirreff).

5. To reduce or remove from a larger amount or entity: sliced 10 percent off the asking price.

6. Sports To hit (a ball) with a slice.

v.intr.

1. To make a cut with a cutting implement: I sliced into the cake.

2. To move like a knife: The destroyer sliced through the water.

3. Sports To hit a ball with a slice.

Idiom:

any way/no matter how you slice it

No matter how you look at it; no matter how it is analyzed.

[Middle English sclice, splinter, from Old French esclice, from esclicier, to splinter, of Germanic origin.]

slice′a·ble adj.

slic′er n.

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slicer

(ˈslaɪsə)

1. a machine that slices bread, etc, usually with an electrically driven band knife or circular knife

2. (Electronics) electronics a limiter having two boundary values, the portion of the signal between these values being passed on

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	slicer - a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers) golf player, golfer, linksman - someone who plays the game of golf
	2.	slicer - a machine for cutting; usually with a revolving blade machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
	3.	slicer - knife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese knife - edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

Translations

قَطّاعَه

na ovocenůž na sýr

osteskærerpålægsmaskine

GemüsehobelSchneidemesser

szeletelõgép

affettatrice

oppskjærmaskin

krájač

dilimleyici

奶酪片

slicer

[ˈslaɪsəʳ] N → máquina f de cortar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slicer

n (= cheese-slicer, cucumber-slicer etc) → Hobel m; (= machine, = bread-slicer) → Brot(schneide)maschine f, → Brotschneider m; (= bacon-slicer) → ˜ Wurstschneidemaschine f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

slicer

[ˈslaɪsəʳ] n → affettatrice f

slice

(slais) noun

1. a thin broad piece (of something). How many slices of meat would you like?

2. a part or share. Who got the largest slice of the profits?

verb

1. to cut into slices. He sliced the sausage/cucumber.

2. to cut (as) with a sharp blade or knife. The blade slipped and sliced off the tip of his forefinger.

3. in golf etc, to hit (a ball) in such a way that it curves away to the right (or in the case of a left-handed player, to the left).

sliced adjective

(negative unsliced) cut into slices. a sliced loaf.

slicer noun

cheese slicer.