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1 N‑COUNT A slice of bread, meat, fruit, or other food is a thin piece that has been cut from a larger piece. □ [+ of ] Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day. □ [+ of ] …water flavoured with a slice of lemon.

2 VERB If you slice bread, meat, fruit, or other food, you cut it into thin pieces. □ [V n] Helen sliced the cake. □ [V n + into ] Slice the steak into long thin slices. ● PHRASAL VERB Slice up means the same as slice . □ [V P n] I sliced up an onion. □ [V n P ] He began slicing the pie up.

3 N‑COUNT You can use slice to refer to a part of a situation or activity. □ [+ of ] Fiction takes up a large slice of the publishing market.

4 → see also sliced , fish slice

5a slice of the action → see action

▸  slice up → see slice 2 SYNONYMS slice VERB 2

cut:Theo was cutting himself a piece of the pink cake.

carve:Carve the beef into slices.

chop:Chop the onions very finely.

sliced /sla I st/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Sliced bread has been cut into slices before being wrapped and sold. □  …a sliced white loaf.

slick /sl I k/ (slicker , slickest , slicks )

1 ADJ A slick performance, production, or advertisement is skilful and impressive. □  There's a big difference between an amateur movie and a slick Hollywood production. ●  slick|ness N‑UNCOUNT □  These actors and directors brought a new sophistication and slickness to modern theatre.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A slick action is done quickly and smoothly, and without any obvious effort. □  The goal that sealed the points was an exhibition of slick passing football.

3 ADJ A slick person speaks easily in a way that is likely to convince people, but is not sincere. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  Don't be fooled by slick politicians.

4 N‑COUNT A slick is the same as an oil slick . □  Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.

slick|er /sl I kə ^r / (slickers )

1 N‑COUNT A slicker is a long loose waterproof coat. [AM ] in BRIT, use oilskins 2 → see also slick

slide ◆◇◇ /sla I d/ (slides , sliding , slid )

1 VERB When something slides somewhere or when you slide it there, it moves there smoothly over or against something. □ [V n with adj] She slid the door open. □ [V n prep/adv] I slid the wallet into his pocket. □ [V prep/adv] Tears were sliding down his cheeks. [Also V ]

2 VERB If you slide somewhere, you move there smoothly and quietly. □ [V prep/adv] He slid into the driver's seat.

3 VERB To slide into a particular mood, attitude, or situation means to gradually start to have that mood, attitude, or situation often without intending to. □ [V + into ] She had slid into a depression.

4 VERB If currencies or prices slide , they gradually become worse or lower in value. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V ] The U.S. dollar continued to slide. □ [V amount] Shares slid 11p to 293p after brokers downgraded their profit estimates. ● N‑COUNT Slide is also a noun. □ [+ in ] …the dangerous slide in oil prices.

5 N‑COUNT A slide is a small piece of photographic film which you project onto a screen so that you can see the picture. □  …a slide show.

6 N‑COUNT A slide is a single page of an electronic presentation which you usually view on a computer or on a larger screen. □  He shows slides revealing that most people think the Government is doing poorly.

7 N‑COUNT A slide is a piece of glass on which you put something that you want to examine through a microscope.

8 N‑COUNT A slide is a piece of playground equipment that has a steep slope for children to go down for fun.