[
UK
/slˈaɪd/
]
[ US /ˈsɫaɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫaɪd/ ]
NOUN
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
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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
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(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
VERB
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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 -
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
How To Use slide In A Sentence
- I chatter with enthusiasm whilst knobs of butter slide off the fishes' backs and sizzle to blister bubbles.
- The air in this bulge then slides over the unexpanded air over the sea resulting in a pressure difference at sea level between the landward and seaward sides of the coast.
- We had an ice-cream and a little play on the slide and climbing frame.
- He let a neighbourly grin slide over his foxy face.
- Rambling, no voice projection, no point to their speech, nearly Dadaist slides. Matthew Yglesias » The Military’s PowerPoint Problem
- He opens the door for me, and I slide in, scooting over to save him a trip.
- The machine then applies a thin, even layer of cells to a microscope slide for examination.
- The boracic powder was lifted in my absence from the _Pharmacie_ to try and get the first glimmerings of a slide on that sticky creosoted floor. Fanny Goes to War
- Some small villages in the northern Andes were left isolated as roads were blocked by slides.
- Time to begin that long slide into the ashbin of history, Dick. Thursday Night Catchup All-Politics Edition « Gerry Canavan
