1. (noun) slide, microscope slide
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
Synonyms: slide, playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide
2. (noun) slide
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
Synonyms: playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide
3. (noun) swoop, slide
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
Synonyms: slide, playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide
4. (noun) slide, playground slide, sliding board
plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
Synonyms: slide, playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide
5. (noun) slide, glide, coast
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
Synonyms: seashore, semivowel, chute, sailing, coast, slide, microscope slide, sea-coast, slideway, sliding board, swoop, lantern slide, soaring, gliding, seacoast, glide, playground slide, sailplaning, sloping trough
6. (noun) slide, lantern slide
a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
Synonyms: slide, playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, lantern slide, slideway, sliding board, coast, chute, microscope slide, glide
7. (verb) chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough
sloping channel through which things can descend
Synonyms: slide, playground slide, swoop, sloping trough, coast, lantern slide, slideway, microscope slide, sliding board, chute, glide, parachute
8. (verb) skid, slip, slue, slew, slide
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Synonyms: slide, slip, steal, sheer, sneak, slew, slue, skid, slip one's mind, drop away, swerve, cut, trend, slither, luxate, curve, dislocate, splay, drop off, fall away, mistake, err, veer
9. (verb) slither, slide
to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
Synonyms: slide, slew, slither, skid, slue, slip
10. (verb) slide
move smoothly along a surface
Synonyms: slue, slew, slither, skid, slip
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