slicing

To cut into slices.

“Slice the cheese thinly.”

To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.

“The knife left sliced his arm.”

To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.

To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.

To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).

To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.

To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.

To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

The action of the verb to slice.