D defs.my
Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Slice

/slīs/ · IPA /slaɪs/
01 n. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
  1. 1.
    A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
  2. 2.
    That which is thin and broad, like a slice.(Shipbuilding) [Obs.]
Phrases & compounds
Slice bar — a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice.
02 v. t. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
imp. & p. p. Sliced; p. pr. & vb. n. Slicing
  1. 1.
    To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
  2. 2.
    To cut into parts; to divide.
  3. 3.
    To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
  4. 4.
    To hit (the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it.(Golf)