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slide

/ slide /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
motion movement move
Kinds of:
skid slip sideslip
Derived:
coast glide skid slip slue
noun Sense 2
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
Type of:
descent
Kinds of:
avalanche landslide landslip
Derived:
skid slip slue slew
Domain:
geology
verb Sense 3
move smoothly along a surface
"He slid the money over to the other gambler"
Type of:
move displace
Derived:
glide coast swoop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 4
plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
Type of:
plaything toy
Has parts:
playground
Derived:
skid slip slue slew
noun Sense 5
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
Type of:
plate glass sheet glass
noun Sense 6
a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
Type of:
foil transparency
noun Sense 7
sloping channel through which things can descend
Type of:
gutter trough
Kinds of:
coal chute water chute
verb Sense 8
to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
"They slid through the wicket in the big gate"
Type of:
travel go move
Derived:
luger slider
See also:
slump slide down sink elapse lapse
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 9
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
"the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
Type of:
glissando
Derived:
swoop
Domain:
music
verb Sense 10
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
Type of:
glide
Kinds of:
submarine skid side-slip
Derived:
glide coast slider skid slip
See also:
stumble slip up trip up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
98%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
63
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

motion movement move skid slip sideslip descent avalanche landslide landslip displace plaything