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| 1. | [ verb ] move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | |
| Synonyms: | slip slew slue skid | |
| Examples: | "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" |
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| Related terms: | glide skid side-slip submarine stumble slider skid | |
| 2. | [ verb ] to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly | |
| Synonyms: | slither | |
| Examples: | : "They slid through the wicket in the big gate," |
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| Related terms: | travel elapse slump luger | |
| 3. | [ verb ] move smoothly along a surface | |
| Examples: | "He slid the money over to the other gambler" |
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| Related terms: | move | |
| 4. | [ noun ] flat rectangular plate (a piece of glass) on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study | |
| Synonyms: | microscope_slide | |
| Related terms: | plate plate_glass section cover_glass | |
| 5. | [ noun ] plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide | |
| Related terms: | plaything playground | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | |
| Synonyms: | coast glide | |
| Examples: | "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill" "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" |
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| Related terms: | motion skid skid coast | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (music,fine art) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale | |
| Synonyms: | swoop | |
| Examples: | "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" |
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| Related terms: | glissando music | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. | |
| Related terms: | descent landslide avalanche geology | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (photography) a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector | |
| Synonyms: | lantern_slide | |
| Related terms: | foil positive | |
| 10. | [ noun ] sloping channel through which things can descend | |
| Synonyms: | chute slideway sloping_trough | |
| Related terms: | gutter coal_chute water_chute skid | |
| Similar spelling: |
Slade slideway sled sleet slate sleuth sleety Sleeth slatey |
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