slice
5
5.1
- noun
- /slaɪs/
:
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- After the accident, he noticed a painful slice on his leg that needed attention.
And then they draw their sword wrong and then one slice they did.
- And then they draw their sword wrong and then one slice they did.
Examples
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Think of the surgeon stitching across a slice in skin.
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Time and time again, he felt sharp edges slice through his skin.
Fiction book (1991) -
The jagged edge left a small slice in the flexible stuff.
Fiction book (2002) -
But it was the long, shallow slice on her throat that had her head going light, her stomach rolling with fresh nausea.
Fiction book (1999) -
My left pointer finger took the brunt of the slice on the right side near my nail bed.
Blog text (15) -
The doctor carefully stitched the gaping slice in the patient's arm.
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The chef had a large slice on his finger from chopping vegetables too quickly.
Synonyms
337
1.0
A wound where the skin is opened by something sharp
75
7.7
A deep cut in the skin or flesh with rough, torn edges
30
3.9
A long deep cut in skin or a surface
17
3.6
A long deep cut made by a sharp object
4
7.0
A deep cut or scratch in a surface made by a sharp object
2
6.3
Damage that happens when an object like a knife or bullet enters the body through the skin
1
6.6
An injury where the skin is broken and what is under the skin shows
Antonyms
Idioms
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Compounds
- Archaic
A heavy iron bar used to loosen and remove hard burned material from a furnace
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
A slice can also mean a wound because it originally comes from words for 'cut' — a sharp object makes a thin cut or slice in the skin. So calling a wound a slice simply means it is a cut made by something sharp.