slicing
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noun
1.
a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.
2.
a part, portion, or share: a slice of land.
3.
any of various implements with a thin, broad blade or part, as for turning food in a frying pan, serving fish at the table, or taking up printing ink; spatula.
4.
Sports.
a.
the path described by a ball, as in baseball or golf, that curves in a direction corresponding to the side from which it was struck.
b.
a ball describing such a path.
5.
Tennis. a stroke executed by hitting down on the ball with an underhand motion and thus creating backspin.
verb (used with object)
6.
to cut into slices; divide into parts.
7.
to cut through or cleave with or as if with a knife: The ship sliced the sea.
8.
to cut off or remove as a slice or slices (sometimes followed by off, away, from, etc.).
9.
to remove by means of a slice, slice bar, or similar implement.
10.
Sports. to hit (a ball) so as to result in a slice.
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verb (used without object)
11.
to slice something.
12.
to admit of being sliced.
13.
Sports.
a.
(of a player) to slice the ball.
b.
(of a ball) to describe a slice in flight.
Origin:
1300–50; (noun) Middle English s(c)lice < Old French esclice, noun derivative of esclicer to split up < Frankish *slitjan, akin to Old English slītan, Old Norse slīta, Dutch slījten (see slit); (v.) late Middle English sklicen < Old French esclicer
1300–50; (noun) Middle English s(c)lice < Old French esclice, noun derivative of esclicer to split up < Frankish *slitjan, akin to Old English slītan, Old Norse slīta, Dutch slījten (see slit); (v.) late Middle English sklicen < Old French esclicer
Related forms
slice·a·ble, adjective
slic·ing·ly, adverb
pre·slice, verb (used with object), pre·sliced, pre·slic·ing.
un·sliced, adjective
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slice (slaɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a thin flat piece cut from something having bulk: a slice of pork |
| 2. | a share or portion: a slice of the company's revenue |
| 3. | any of various utensils having a broad flat blade and resembling a spatula |
| 4. | in golf, tennis, etc |
| a. the flight of a ball that travels obliquely because it has been struck off centre | |
| b. the action of hitting such a shot | |
| c. the shot so hit | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 5. | to divide or cut (something) into parts or slices |
| 6. | to cut in a clean and effortless manner |
| 7. | to move or go (through something) like a knife: the ship sliced through the water |
| 8. | to cut or be cut (from) a larger piece |
| 9. | (tr) to remove by use of a slicing implement |
| 10. | to hit (a ball) with a slice |
| 11. | (tr) rowing to put the blade of the oar into (the water) slantwise |
| [C14: from Old French esclice a piece split off, from esclicier to splinter] | |
| 'sliceable | |
| —adj | |
| 'slicer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
slice
c.1300, "a fragment," from O.Fr. esclis "splinter," a back-formation from esclicier "to splinter," from Frank. *slitan "to split" (cf. O.H.G. slizan; see slit). Meaning "piece cut from something" emerged c.1420. Meaning "a slicing stroke" (in golf, tennis) is recorded from
1886. Slice of life (1895) translates Fr. tranche de la vie, a term from Fr. Naturalist literature.
slice
c.1420, from from M.Fr. esclicier (see slice (n.)). Sliced bread introduced 1958; greatest thing since ... first attested 1969.
"No matter how thick or how thin you slice it it's still baloney." [Carl Sandburg, "The People, Yes," 1936]
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Deception is not limited to slicing and short hitting actions.
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