"unslice" meaning in English

See unslice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unslices [present, singular, third-person], unslicing [participle, present], unsliced [participle, past], unsliced [past]
Etymology: From un- + slice. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|un|slice}} un- + slice Head templates: {{en-verb}} unslice (third-person singular simple present unslices, present participle unslicing, simple past and past participle unsliced)
  1. (transitive) To undo the process of slicing. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013, Paul G. Halpern, The Cyclical Serpent: Prospects for an Ever-Repeating Universe, page 235:",
          "text": "While unshowering, driving in reverse, or unslicing a loaf of bread, all thoughts would proceed backward as well, so nobody would even know the difference between the strange events taking place and normal life.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, John Theobald, The Media and the Making of History:",
          "text": "If only sliced bread is available, you buy it, and it is both superfluous and impossible to try to unslice it; so you end up eating it, and enjoying the convenience.",
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        "To undo the process of slicing."
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        "(transitive) To undo the process of slicing."
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        "present",
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        "(transitive) To undo the process of slicing."
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