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   Slide

   /slīd/

   

   verb

   • 1. move along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it: "she slid down the bank into the water" Similar glidemove smoothlyslipslitherskimskateglissadecoastplaneskidslewaquaplanetricklerunflowpourstreamcoursespill
   • ▪ move (something) along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it: "she slid the keys over the table"
   • ▪ move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively: "I quickly slid into a seat at the back of the hall" Similar creepstealslinkslipglidetiptoesidleeaseedge
   • ▪ change gradually to a worse condition or lower level: "the country faces the prospect of sliding from recession into slump" Similar sinkfalldropdescenddeclinedegeneratedeteriorate

   noun

   • 1. a structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down: "Anna played on the slide"
   • ▪ a smooth stretch or slope of ice or packed snow for sledding on.
   • 2. an act of moving along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it: "use an ice axe to halt a slide on ice and snow"
   • ▪ a sliding approach to a base along the ground.
   • 3. a decline in value or quality: "the current slide in house prices" Similar falldeclinedropslumptumbledownturndownswinginformal:nosediveOpposite rise
   • 4. a part of a machine or musical instrument that slides.
   • ▪ the place on a machine or instrument where a sliding part operates.
   • ▪ slide guitar: "I'd been playing slide for years"
   • 5. a rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope.
   • ▪ a mounted transparency, especially one placed in a projector for viewing on a screen: "a slide show" Similar transparencydiapositivemount
   • 6. a sandal or light shoe without a back.

   Word Origin Old Englishslīdan (verb); related to sled and sledge1. The noun, first in the sense ‘act of sliding’, is recorded from the late 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. slidable adjective

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