Definitions for slide
The noun slide has 7 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)
(a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study)
((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.)
((music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides")
(plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide)
(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")
(a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector)
(sloping channel through which things can descend)
The verb slide has 3 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
(move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk")
(to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate")
(move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler")






