Definitions for slide



Overview of noun slide

The noun slide has 7 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (2) slide, microscope slide

(a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study)

2. (1) slide

((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.)

3. (1) swoop, slide

((music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides")

4. (1) slide, playground slide, sliding board

(plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide)

5. (1) slide, glide, coast

(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")

6. slide, lantern slide

(a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector)

7. chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough

(sloping channel through which things can descend)


Overview of verb slide

The verb slide has 3 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (18) skid, slip, slue, slew, slide

(move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk")

2. (14) slither, slide

(to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate")

3. (3) slide

(move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler")

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