sliced

slice  (sls)

n.

1.

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.

3.

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 across with or as if with a knife: The harvester sliced the field.

4. To divide into portions or shares; parcel out.

5. To spread, work at, or clear away with a bladed tool such as a slice bar.

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

v.intr.

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

2. Sports To hit a ball with a slice.

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

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slicea·ble adj.

slicer n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sliced - prepared by cutting; "sliced tomatoes"; "sliced ham"; "chopped clams"; "chopped meat"; "shredded cabbage" chopped, shredded cut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
	2.	sliced - used of meat; cut into pieces for serving carved, carven - made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone"

Translations

sliced [slaɪst] ADJ [bread] → rebanado, en rebanadas; [lemon] → en rodajas
it's the best thing since sliced bread → es la octava maravilla(del mundo)

sliced

adj → (in Scheiben) geschnitten; loaf, bread, sausage → (auf)geschnitten; he/it is the best thing since sliced bread (inf) → so jemanden/etwas hat die Welt schon lange nicht mehr gesehen (inf)