■ 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 .