Definition of "slice"

slice

/slaɪs/

noun
plural slices
1. That which is thin and broad.
  Quotations
  I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin.
  1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883
2. A thin, broad piece cut off.
3. (colloquial) An amount of anything.
  Quotations
  Blackpool, chasing a seventh win in 17 league matches, simply could not contain Sunderland's rampant attack and had to resort to a combination of last-ditch defending, fine goalkeeping and a large slice of fortune.
  2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC‎
4. A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
  Quotations
  For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.
  2010, Andrea Renzoni, Eric Renzoni, Fuhgeddaboudit!, page 22
5. (Britain) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
6. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
7. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
8. A salver, platter, or tray.
9. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
10. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
11. (printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
12. (golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
13. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
14. (medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
15. (falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
16. (programming) A contiguous portion of an array.
verb
third-person singular simple present slices, present participle slicing, simple past and past participle sliced
1. (transitive) To cut into slices.
2. (transitive) To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
3. (transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
4. (transitive, badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
5. (transitive, golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
6. (transitive, rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
7. (transitive, soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
  Quotations
  Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.
  2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 – 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎
8. (transitive, tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.
adjective
not comparable
1. (mathematics) Having the properties of a slice knot.