<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.</li><li>a part, portion, or share: a slice of land.</li><li>any of various implements with a thin, broad blade or part, as for turning food in a frying pan, serving fish at the table, or taking up printing ink; spatula.</li><li>Sports: the path described by a ball, as in baseball or golf, that curves in a direction corresponding to the side from which it was struck.</li><li>Tennis: a stroke executed by hitting down on the ball with an underhand motion and thus creating backspin.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to cut into slices; divide into parts.</li><li>to cut through or cleave with or as if with a knife: The ship sliced the sea.</li><li>to cut off or remove as a slice or slices (sometimes followed by off, away, from, etc.).</li><li>to remove by means of a slice, slice bar, or similar implement.</li><li>Sports: to hit (a ball) so as to result in a slice.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to slice something.</li><li>to admit of being sliced.</li><li>Sports: (of a player) to slice the ball.</li><li>(of a ball) to describe a slice in flight.</li></ul>