slide
Nouns
- (n) a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study microscope slide,
- (n) (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
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(n) (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
- (n) plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide playground slide, sliding board,
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(n) the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
- his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill
- the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
- (n) a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector lantern slide,
- (n) sloping channel through which things can descend slideway, sloping trough, chute,
Verbs
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(v) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
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(v) to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- They slid through the wicket in the big gate
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(v) move smoothly along a surface
- He slid the money over to the other gambler