SLICE


Meaning of SLICE in English

■ noun

1》 a thin, broad piece of food cut from a larger portion.

↘a portion or share.

2》 a utensil with a broad, flat blade for lifting foods such as cake and fish.

3》 (in sports) a ~d stroke or shot.

■ verb

1》 cut into ~s.

↘(often ~ something off/from ) cut with or as if with a sharp implement.

2》 move easily and quickly.

3》 Golf strike (the ball) so that it curves away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left).

↘(in other sports) propel (the ball) with a glancing contact so that it travels forward spinning.

Derivatives

~able adjective

~r noun

Origin

ME (in the sense 'fragment, splinter'): shortening of OFr. esclice 'splinter', from the verb esclicier , of Gmc origin; related to slit .

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