slicer

Definition of Slicer in English :

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Noun

1. slicer

a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers)

2. slicer

a machine for cutting; usually with a revolving blade

3. slicer

knife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slicer

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noun

1.

a machine that slices bread, etc, usually with an electrically driven band knife or circular knife

2. electronics

a limiter having two boundary values, the portion of the signal between these values being passed on

Slicer

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n.

1.

a. A thin broad piece cut from a larger object: ate a slice of cheese; examined a slice of the diseased lung.

b. An often wedge-shaped piece cut from a larger, usually circular object: ordered a slice of pie; shared a slice of pizza.

2. A portion or share: a slice of the profits.

3.

a. A knife with a broad, thin, flexible blade, used for cutting and serving food.

b. A similar implement for spreading printing ink.

4. Sports

a. The course of a ball that curves in the direction of the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the right of a right-handed player.

b. A stroke that causes a ball to follow such a course: a golfer with a bad slice.

c. A ball propelled on such a course.

d. A stroke, as in tennis, in which the ball is struck with a downward motion with the open face of the racket in order to impart backspin.

v. sliced, slic·ing, slic·es

v.tr.

1. To cut or divide into slices: slice a loaf of bread.

2. To cut from a larger piece: slice off a piece of salami.

3. To cut through or move through with an action like cutting: "where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire" (Robert Frost).

4. To divide into portions or shares; parcel out: "With mortgage securitisation, a pool of home loans is sliced into tranches bearing different degrees of risk" (David Shirreff).

5. To reduce or remove from a larger amount or entity: sliced 10 percent off the asking price.

6. Sports To hit (a ball) with a slice.

v.intr.

1. To make a cut with a cutting implement: I sliced into the cake.

2. To move like a knife: The destroyer sliced through the water.

3. Sports To hit a ball with a slice.

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