Commentary: SLICE[+quantity][+allotment][+percentage]
Examples:
Local authorities control a huge slice of the public funds.
They wanted a slice of the action.
The photos portray some fairly seedy slices of society.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: SLICE[+quantity][+allotment][+serving][+piece][+food]
NOTE: a narrow, restricted sense of Sense 1
Examples:
Will you have another slice of peach pie?
Bob ate the last slice of pizza.
Take slices of bread and butter both sides.
The film is a slice of life. (figurative extension)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: SLICE[+entity][+structure][+opening][+cut][+narrow]
Examples:
The surgeon made a four-inch slice across the patient's lower abdomen.
John got a nasty slice on his leg from the cat scratching him.
Betty made several slices in the top pie crust before putting it into the oven.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: SLICE[+action][+shot][+golf][+curved][+inadvertent]
Examples:
Golf lessons helped eliminate the slice in Bob's golf shots.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: SLICE[+form][+flat][+thin][+piece][+whole]
Examples:
The pathologist looked at small slices of the tissue under a microscope.
The jeweler made vertical slices of the gemstones with a laser.
Lay the slices of dough across the pie in a crisscross fashion. (Note: -not- a serving of dough (sense 2), but a structurally useful bit of it)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: SLICE[+entity][+artifact][+implement][+wedge][+spatula][+paint/+food]
Examples:
Use a slice to apply the paint to the wall in order to create the effect of plaster.
Sally cut and served the smoked trout with a fish slice.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6