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slide
[ slahyd ]
verb (used without object)
- to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface:
to slide down a snow-covered hill.
Synonyms:
- to slip or skid.
- to glide or pass smoothly.
- to slip easily, quietly, or unobtrusively on or as if on a track, channel, or guide rail (usually followed by in, out, away, etc.).
- to pass or fall gradually into a specified state, character, practice, etc.
- to decline or decrease:
Interest rates are beginning to slide.
- Baseball. (of a base runner) to cast oneself, usually feet first, forward along the ground in the direction of the base being approached, to present less of a target for a baseman attempting to make a tag.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to slide, slip, or coast, as over a surface or with a smooth, gliding motion.
- to hand, pass along, or slip (something) easily or quietly (usually followed by in, into, etc.):
to slide a note into someone's hand.
noun
- an act or instance of sliding.
- a smooth surface for sliding on, especially a type of chute in a playground.
- an object intended to slide.
- Geology.
- a landslide or the like.
- the mass of matter sliding down.
- a single transparency, object, or image for projection in a projector, as a lantern slide.
- Photography. a small positive color transparency mounted for projection on a screen or magnification through a viewer.
- a usually rectangular plate of glass on which objects are placed for microscopic examination.
- Furniture. a shelf sliding into the body of a piece when not in use.
- Music.
- an embellishment consisting of an upward or downward series of three or more tones, the last of which is the principal tone.
- a portamento.
- a U -shaped section of the tube of an instrument of the trumpet class, as the trombone, that can be pushed in or out to alter the length of the air column and change the pitch.
- a vehicle mounted on runners, for conveying loads, as of grain or wood, especially over a level surface.
- (of a machine or mechanism)
- a moving part working on a track, channel, or guide rails.
- the surface, track, channel, or guide rails on which the part moves.
- any of various chutes used in logging, mining, or materials handling.
- a flat or very low-heeled, backless shoe or slipper that can be slipped on and off the foot easily.
slide
/ ɪ /
verb
- to move or cause to move smoothly along a surface in continual contact with it
doors that slide open
children sliding on the ice
- intr to lose grip or balance
he slid on his back
- intr; usually foll by into, out of, away from, etc to pass or move gradually and unobtrusively
she slid into the room
- intrusually foll byinto to go (into a specified condition) by degrees, unnoticeably, etc
he slid into loose living
- foll byin, into, etc to move (an object) unobtrusively or (of an object) to move in this way
he slid the gun into his pocket
- intr music to execute a portamento
- let slideto allow to follow a natural course, esp one leading to deterioration
to let things slide
noun
- the act or an instance of sliding
- a smooth surface, as of ice or mud, for sliding on
- a construction incorporating an inclined smooth slope for sliding down in playgrounds, etc
- rowing a sliding seat in a boat or its runners
- a thin glass plate on which specimens are mounted for microscopic study
- Also calledtransparency a positive photograph on a transparent base, mounted in a cardboard or plastic frame or between glass plates, that can be viewed by means of a slide projector
- Also calledhair slide an ornamental clip to hold hair in place US and Canadian namebarrette
- machinery
- a sliding part or member
- the track, guide, or channel on or in which such a part slides
- music
- the sliding curved tube of a trombone that is moved in or out to allow the production of different harmonic series and a wider range of notes
- a portamento
- music
- a metal or glass tube placed over a finger held against the frets of a guitar to produce a portamento
- the style of guitar playing using a slide See also bottleneck
- geology
- the rapid downward movement of a large mass of earth, rocks, etc, caused by erosion, faulting, etc
- the mass of material involved in this descent See also landslide
slide
- A mass movement of earth, rocks, snow, or ice down a slope. Slides can be caused by an accumulation of new matter or of moisture in the overlying material, or by erosion within or below the material. They are often triggered by an earthquake or other disturbance such as an explosion.
- The mass of material resulting from such a process.
Derived Forms
- ˈ岹, adjective
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- a· adjective
- a··ness noun
- dzܳȴ verb (used with object) outslid outslid or outslidden outsliding
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of slide1
Idioms and Phrases
- let slide, to allow to deteriorate, pursue a natural course, etc., without intervention on one's part:
to let things slide.
More idioms and phrases containing slide
see let ride (slide) ; let slip (slide) .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
At 08:56, kneeling on her SUP, Lloyd slid down the fish pass in the centre of the weir and was swept quickly downriver.
The tensions cooled this week, when Trump, a day after a market slide that some analysts tied to the comments, denied to reporters that he ever had any intention of firing Powell.
Metrics touting the brand’s supposed online and social media clout now stand in place of vibrant slides detailing the perks of each ticket tier.
Some teams have been put off by the 'circus' - including his outspoken father - that surrounds Sanders, so some analysts fear he could slide out of the top-five picks, perhaps into the second round.
When reading a statement she had previously made to the police, she became emotional as she described the mud slide being like a "lava flow".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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