slice

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SLICE

to cut into long slender pieces <slice the carrot into tiny strips>

Synonyms slice, splinter

Related Words chip, chop, dice, hash, julienne, mince; saw, scissor; cleave, rive, split; gash, incise, rip, slash, slit

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) <the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely>

Synonyms gash, incise, rip, shear, slash, slice, slit

Related Words crosscut, hacksaw, saw, scissor; cleave, rive, split; pierce, stab; bruise, butcher, hack, haggle, lacerate, mangle; rend, tear; carve, chip, chisel, notch; anatomize, dissect, section; chop, dice, mince; amputate, cut off, sever

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