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SLIDE

Definition:

1. [noun] a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
   Synonyms: microscope
   
   
2. [noun] (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
   
   
3. [noun] (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
   Synonyms: swoop
   
   
4. [noun] plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
   
   
5. [noun] 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"
   Synonyms: glide, coast
   
   
6. [noun] a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
   Synonyms: lantern
   
   
7. [noun] sloping channel through which things can descend
   Synonyms: chute, way, sloping trough
   
   
8. [verb] move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
   Synonyms: skid, slip, slue, slew
   
   
9. [verb] to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"
   Synonyms: slither
   
   
10. [verb] move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
    
    

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Related Words:

• submarine
• skid
• side-slip
• avalanche
• landslide, landslip
• skid, slip, sideslip
• coal chute
• water chute

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