slicing

1. To cut into slices.

   Slice the cheese thinly.

2. To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.

   The knife left sliced his arm.

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.

noun

The action of the verb to slice.