Definition of: slice

(slīs) noun
1. A piece; especially, a thin, broad piece cut off from a larger body.
2. One of various tools or devices, used for slicing or resembling a slice in broadness and thinness; specifically, a broad knife used for serving fish, or a broad flat knife used by printers to remove ink; also, a druggist's spatula.
3. In golf, a blow delivered crosswise from right to left, causing the ball to curve to the right.
—v. sliced, slic·ing v.t.
1. To cut or remove from a larger piece: often with off.
2. To cut into broad, thin pieces; divide; apportion.
3. To sunder, as with a sharp knife; split.
4. To clear out with a slice bar.
5. In golf, to hit (the ball) with a slice.
—v.i.
6. In golf, to slice a ball. See synonyms under CUT. [<OF esclice <esclicer <OHG slizan slit]
—slic′er noun