Slice vs. Slide

Slicenoun

That which is thin and broad.

Slicenoun

A thin, broad piece cut off.

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amount

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A piece of pizza.

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(British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

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A broad, thin piece of plaster.

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A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.

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A salver, platter, or tray.

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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.

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One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

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(printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.

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(golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw

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Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.

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(medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.

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(falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)

Sliceverb

To cut into slices.

Sliceverb

To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.

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(golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).

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(tennis) To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

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(badminton) To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.

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(soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.

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(rowing) To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.

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(transitive) To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.

Slicenoun

A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

Slicenoun

That which is thin and broad, like a slice.

Sliceverb

To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.

Sliceverb

To cut into parts; to divide.

Sliceverb

To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.

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To hit (the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it.

Slicenoun

a share of something;

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a serving that has been cut from a larger portion;

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a wound made by cutting;

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a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer;

Slicenoun

a thin flat piece cut off of some object

Slicenoun

a spatula for spreading paint or ink

Sliceverb

make a clean cut through;

Sliceverb

hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction

Sliceverb

cut into slices;

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hit a ball so that it causes a backspin

Slicenoun

a thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion

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a portion or share of something

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a utensil with a broad, flat blade for lifting foods such as cake and fish.

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a stroke that makes the ball curve away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left), typically inadvertently.

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(in sport) a shot or stroke made with glancing contact so that the ball travels forward spinning.

Sliceverb

cut (something, especially food) into slices

Sliceverb

cut something from (something larger) with a sharp implement

Sliceverb

cut with or as if with a sharp implement

Sliceverb

move easily and quickly

Sliceverb

strike (the ball) or play (a stroke) so that the ball curves away to the right (for a left-handed player, the left)

Sliceverb

(in sport) propel (the ball) with a glancing contact so that it travels forward spinning

Slideverb

(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface

Slideverb

(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.

Slideverb

To drop down and skid into a base.

Slideverb

(intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.

Slideverb

(transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.

Slideverb

To pass inadvertently.

Slideverb

(intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.

Slideverb

(music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.

Slideverb

To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

Slidenoun

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

Slidenoun

A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.

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The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.

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An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.

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A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.

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The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.

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A lever that can be moved in two directions.

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A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.

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(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.

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A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.

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(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.

Slidenoun

(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base

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A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.

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A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.

Slidenoun

(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

Slidenoun

(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

Slidenoun

(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

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A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.

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(footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.

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(speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.

Slideverb

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

Slideverb

Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.

Slideverb

To pass inadvertently.

Slideverb

To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.

Slideverb

To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

Slideverb

To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.

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To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

Slideverb

To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.

Slideverb

To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.

Slidenoun

The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.

Slidenoun

Smooth, even passage or progress.

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That on which anything moves by sliding.

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That which operates by sliding.

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A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.

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The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.

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A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

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A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

Slidenoun

A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

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Same as Guide bar, under Guide.

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a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

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(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

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(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale;

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plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

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the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it;

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a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

Slidenoun

sloping channel through which things can descend

Slideverb

move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;

Slideverb

to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly;

Slideverb

move smoothly along a surface;