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5 letter words starting with sli

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  • SLICE
  • SLICK
  • SLIDE
  • SLIER
  • SLILY
  • SLIME
  • SLIMS
  • SLIMY
  • SLING
  • SLINK
  • SLIPE
  • SLIPS
  • SLIPT
  • SLISH
  • SLITS
  • SLIVE

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Definition of slice

slice (noun)

  1. That which is thin and broad.
  2. A thin, broad piece cut off.
  3. An amount of anything.
  4. A piece of pizza.
  5. A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
  6. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
  7. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
  8. A salver, platter, or tray.
  9. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
  10. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
  11. A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
  12. A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
  13. Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
  14. A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
  15. A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
  16. A contiguous portion of an array.

slice (verb)

  1. To cut into slices.
  2. To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
  3. To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
  4. To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
  5. To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
  6. To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
  7. To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
  8. To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

slice (adjective)

  1. Having the properties of a slice knot.

Definition of slick

slick (noun)

  1. A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
  2. Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
  3. A tool used to make something smooth or even.
  4. A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
  5. A helicopter.
  6. A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
  7. A wide paring chisel used in joinery.

slick (verb)

  1. To make slick.

slick (adjective)

  1. Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
  2. Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
  3. Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
  4. (often used sarcastically) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy.
  5. Extraordinarily great or special.
  6. Sleek; smooth

slick (noun)

  1. The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.

Definition of slide

slide (noun)

  1. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
  2. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
  3. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
  4. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
  5. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
  6. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
  7. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
  8. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
  9. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
  10. (by extension) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
  11. A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
  12. The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
  13. (guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
  14. A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
  15. A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
  16. A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
  17. A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
  18. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
  19. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
  20. (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.

slide (verb)

  1. To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
  2. To move on a low-friction surface.
  3. To drop down and skid into a base.
  4. To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
  5. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
  6. To pass inadvertently.
  7. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
  8. To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.