slice

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A thin, flat piece cut from something.

   She cut a slice of bread for breakfast.

2. 2
   verb

   To cut something into thin, flat pieces.

   Slice the cheese thinly and put it on the plate.

3. 3
   noun

   A share or part of something.

   Each partner gets a slice of the company's profits.

Common collocations

• slice through Verb + preposition/particle

From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.

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