slice
part of speech
noun (slice, slices); verb (slice, slices, sliced, slicing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A slice is a thin flat piece cut from something like bread, cake, meat or pizza. tree →
2) To slice is to cut something into such pieces. tree →
3) A slice of something is a part or share of it: «a slice of the money». tree →
4) In sport, to slice a ball is to hit it so it spins and curves. tree →
sense in the lessons
equal pieces of a whole; used for fractions and sharing; slices per pizza or loaf is a rate; in cooking and safety: slice with care, use a board, keep fingers away from the blade, ask an adult for sharp knives; phrases: «a slice of bread», «slice up», «the best thing since sliced bread» (a great new idea)
examples
- The cake was cut into 8 slices. tree →
- Each child ate 2 slices of pizza. tree →
- A loaf has 20 slices. tree →
- She sliced the apple into 4 pieces. tree →
- Can I have a slice of toast? tree →
- Use a chopping board when you slice vegetables. tree →
- One slice of the 8 is one eighth of the cake. tree →
- He thinks his new game is the best thing since sliced bread. tree →
- He stood watching the big bear cutting thin slices of meat. tree →
note
Pieces of a whole: slices per whole × wholes = all slices; slices eaten out of all slices is a fraction. Trap: cutting into 4 slices needs 3 cuts, not 4 (for a long loaf cut across). Trap: a round cake cut through the middle: 4 cuts give 8 slices.
In the corpora
- The slice of toast on your plate started as a grass.
- In late summer the beekeeper slices the wax caps off heavy frames and spins the honey out in a drum called an extractor.
- Home, indeed!» — then turns his back and eats a large slice of cold pie.
- Suck a slice of lemon and your whole face screws up.
- They trap the gas, so the dough swells, and every hole in a slice of bread is where a bubble once was.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «slice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.