slide

Definitions of slide in various dictionaries:

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

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

noun - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

noun - plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

noun - the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

noun - a transparency mounted in a frame

noun - sloping channel through which things can descend

verb - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

verb - to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

verb - move smoothly along a surface

To move over a surface while maintaining smooth, continuous contact.

To coast on a slippery surface, such as ice or snow.

To pass smoothly and quietly; glide: slid past the door without anyone noticing.

To go unattended or unacted upon: Let the matter slide.

To lose a secure footing or positioning; shift out of place; slip: slid on the ice and fell.

To move downward: Prices began to slide.

To return to a less favorable or less worthy condition.

To drop down and skid, usually feet first, into a base to avoid being put out.

A sliding movement or action.

A smooth surface or track for sliding, usually inclined: a water slide.

A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute mounted by means of a ladder.

A part that operates by sliding, as the U-shaped section of tube on a trombone that is moved to produce various tones.

An image on a transparent base for projection on a screen.

A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.

A fall of a mass of rock, earth, or snow down a slope; an avalanche or a landslide.

Music.

A slight portamento used in violin playing, passing quickly from one note to another.

These verb s mean to move smoothly and continuously over or as if over a slippery surface.

adj - to move smoothly along a surface [v SLID, SLIDDEN, SLIDING, SLIDES] : SLIDABLE