Definitions of slide in various dictionaries:
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a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
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(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
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(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
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plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
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the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
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a transparency mounted in a frame
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sloping channel through which things can descend
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move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
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to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
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move smoothly along a surface
To move over a surface while maintaining smooth, continuous contact.
To coast on a slippery surface, such as ice or snow.
To pass smoothly and quietly; glide: slid past the door without anyone noticing.
To go unattended or unacted upon: Let the matter slide.
To lose a secure footing or positioning; shift out of place; slip: slid on the ice and fell.
To move downward: Prices began to slide.
To return to a less favorable or less worthy condition.
To drop down and skid, usually feet first, into a base to avoid being put out.
A sliding movement or action.
A smooth surface or track for sliding, usually inclined: a water slide.
A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute mounted by means of a ladder.
A part that operates by sliding, as the U-shaped section of tube on a trombone that is moved to produce various tones.
An image on a transparent base for projection on a screen.
A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.
A fall of a mass of rock, earth, or snow down a slope; an avalanche or a landslide.
Music.
A slight portamento used in violin playing, passing quickly from one note to another.
These verb s mean to move smoothly and continuously over or as if over a slippery surface.
adj - to move smoothly along a surface [v SLID, SLIDDEN, SLIDING, SLIDES] : SLIDABLE