noun
- A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study.
- synonyms: microscope slide
- Geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.. (
- Music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale. (
- usage: "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
- synonyms: swoop
- Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide.
- synonyms: playground slide, sliding board
- The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it.
- usage: "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.
- synonyms: lantern slide
- Sloping channel through which things can descend.
- synonyms: chute, slideway, sloping trough
verb
- Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
- usage: "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
- To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.
- usage: "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"
- synonyms: slither
- Move smoothly along a surface.
- usage: "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
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