Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
SLICE
I. verb (sliced; slicing) see: slit
Date: 1551
transitive verb to cut with or as if with a knife, to stir or spread with a slice, to hit (a ball) so that a slice results, interpret , construe , intransitive verb to slice something, to move with a cutting action , sliceable adjective slicer noun
II. noun
Etymology: Middle English sclise, slise, from Anglo-French esclice splinter, from esclicer
Date: 1613
1. a thin flat piece cut from something, a wedge-shaped piece (as of pie or cake), a spatula for spreading paint or ink, a serving knife with wedge-shaped blade , a flight of a ball that deviates from a straight course in the direction of the dominant hand of the player propelling it,
5. portion , share , segment , sample