to slice
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1.0
- verb
- /slaɪs/
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- Why don't you start slicing that apple?
- slice the bread
- slice an apple
- slice into thin pieces
So you use this to either slice your cake in half perfectly.
- So you use this to either slice your cake in half perfectly.
- You can just slice them up a little garlic and salt.
- That means you could slice the brain of a mouse with one knife.
Examples
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Find the grain in the meat and slice against it with your sharpest knife.
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So one way of decomposing it is to just slice it into cubes.
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So you use this to either slice your cake in half perfectly.
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Now we're going to slice the tomato into pieces.
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Katie, take this out in the kitchen and slice it.
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OK, so I pretty much just slice them into tiny little strips.
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Allow the pumpkin to cool, slice off the top, and scoop out the seeds.
Academic text (2004) -
I'm going to thinly slice because the slices he made were incredibly thin.
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Now we're going to slice the tomato into pieces.
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Using a serrated knife, slice both cake layers in half horizontally.
Synonyms
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1.0
To divide something using a sharp tool, often into pieces
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1.5
Cut meat into slices for serving
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1.9
Cut very thin slices from things like cheese or wood
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1.5
To cut something into thin slices
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5.1
To break or cut something into thin narrow pieces
To cut meat or other food into thin slices
Idioms
A peaceful small-town feeling with friendly neighbors like in old TV shows
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Archaic
A heavy iron bar used to loosen and remove hard burned material from a furnace
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Slice comes from old words meaning 'to split' or 'to cut', much like the simple English word slit. Think of cutting something into thin pieces — that image is exactly why to slice means to cut something into thin, flat pieces.