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Noun
S:
(n)
slide
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microscope slide
(a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study)
S:
(n)
slide
((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.)
S:
(n)
swoop
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slide
((music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale)
"the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
S:
(n)
slide
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playground slide
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sliding board
(plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide)
S:
(n)
slide
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glide
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coast
(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"
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S:
(n)
slide
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lantern slide
(a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector)
S:
(n)
chute
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slide
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slideway
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sloping trough
(sloping channel through which things can descend)
Verb
S:
(v)
skid
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slip
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slue
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slew
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slide
(move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)
"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
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S:
(v)
submarine
(move forward or under in a sliding motion)
"The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car"
S:
(v)
skid
(slide without control)
"the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
S:
(v)
side-slip
(slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis)
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S:
(v)
slither
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slide
(to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly)
"They slid through the wicket in the big gate"
S:
(v)
slide
(move smoothly along a surface)
"He slid the money over to the other gambler"