slide

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

2. 2transitive verb

   Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.

3. 3transitive verb

   To pass inadvertently.

4. 4transitive verb

   To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.

5. 5transitive verb

   To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

6. 6transitive verb

   To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.

7. 7transitive verb

   To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

8. 8transitive verb

   To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.

9. 9transitive verb

   To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.

10. 10noun

    The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.

11. 11noun

    Smooth, even passage or progress.

12. 12noun

    That on which anything moves by sliding.

13. 13noun

    An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.

14. 14noun

    A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

15. 15noun

    That which operates by sliding.

16. 16noun

    A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.

17. 17noun

    A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.

18. 18noun

    A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.

19. 19noun

    A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.

20. 20noun

    The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.

21. 21noun

    A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

22. 22noun

    A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

23. 23noun

    An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.

24. 24noun

    A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

25. 25noun

    Same as Guide bar, under Guide.

26. 26noun

    A slide valve.

27. 27noun

    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

    coastglide
28. 28noun

    sloping channel through which things can descend

    Synonyms

    chuteslideway
29. 29noun

    a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

30. 30noun

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

31. 31noun

    plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

32. 32noun

    (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

    "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

    Synonyms

    swoop
33. 33noun

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

34. 34verb

    move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

    "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

    Synonyms

    skidslewslipslue
35. 35verb

    to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

    "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

    Synonyms

    slither
36. 36verb

    move smoothly along a surface

    "He slid the money over to the other gambler"