SLICED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sliced mean? 

• SLICED (adjective)
  The adjective SLICED has 2 senses:

1. prepared by cutting

2. (used of meat) cut into pieces for serving

  Familiarity information: SLICED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLICED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepared by cutting

Synonyms:

chopped; shredded; sliced

Context example:

shredded cabbage

Similar:

cut (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(used of meat) cut into pieces for serving

Similar:

carved; carven (made for or formed by carving ('carven' is archaic or literary))

 Context examples 

This data was sliced into one-eighth-second intervals as the limb, or edge, of Europa slowly advanced across Io.

(Massive Lava Waves Detected on Solar System’s Most Volcanically Active Object, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The woman busied herself with cooking, while the man sliced bacon and fired the stove.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Some of the young ladies washed the lettuces for him, and sliced them under his directions.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The experimental breakfast consisted of the cereal-based bread and a glass of water, while the control group ate a breakfast consisting of sliced white bread (85g), jam (10g) and margarine (2g), and a glass of water.

(Researchers reveal potential of bread that suppresses appetite, University of Granada)