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Definition slide

Etymology

From Middle English sliden, from Old English sl?dan (“to slide”), from Proto-Germanic *sl?dan? (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléyd?-e-ti, from *sleyd?- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German sl?tan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German sl?den (“to slide”), Middle Dutch sl?den (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit ??????? (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).

Verb

slide (third-person singular simple present slides, present participle sliding, simple past slid, past participle slid or (archaic) slidden)

  1. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
  2. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
  3. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
  4. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
  5. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
  7. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
  8. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
  9. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

Noun

slide (plural slides)

  1. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
  2. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
  3. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
  4. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
  5. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
  6. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
  7. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
  8. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
  9. (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
  10. (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
  11. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
  12. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
  13. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
  14. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
  15. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
  16. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
  17. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
  18. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
  19. (clothing) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
  20. (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.

Results 228 Words with the letters SLIDE

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