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1
a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole
- the novel's multitudinous array of characters constitute a veritable slice of humanity
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3
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
- there's a pile of money to be made on this land deal, and everybody's trying to get their slice
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2
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
- the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely
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The first known use of slice was in 1551
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