SLICE

[verb] [T]Slice (= Cut into thin flat pieces) the onions thinly and fry in butter.Could you slice me a very thin piece of cake/slice a very thin piece of cake for me? [+ two objects]She sliced off a piece of sausage. [M]He accidentally sliced the top off his finger while he was cutting vegetables. [M](figurative) She watched his slim strong body as it sliced effortlessly through the water (= moved through it in the way that a knife cuts through something).(figurative) Portillo won the race, slicing a magnificent three seconds off (= reducing by three seconds) the world's fastest time. [M]See pictures: Preparing food, Bread(esp. US informal) Any way you slice it/No matter how you slice it means in whatever way the matter is considered.He shouldn't have hit her, any way you slice it.