slide

Meanings

Verb

• To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
• To move on a low-friction surface.
• To drop down and skid into a base.
• To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
• To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
• To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
• To pass inadvertently.
• To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
• To decrease in amount or value.
• To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
• To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
• To go; to move from one place or to another.
• To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.

Noun

• An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
• A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
• The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
• 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.
• A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
• The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
• A lever that can be moved in two directions.
• A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
• A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
• A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
• 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.
• The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
• A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
• A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
• A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
• A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
• A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
• A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
• A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
• A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
• A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
• A promiscuous woman, slut.

Related

Similar words

• slippery dip
• chute
• runner

Narrower meaning words

• helter-skelter

Origin

• From Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan ("to slide"), from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną ("to slide, glide"), from Proto-Indo-European, from *sleydʰ-. Cognate with Old High German slītan ("to slide") (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German slīden ("to slide"), Middle Dutch slīden ("to slide") (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), .