Slide Meaning and Definition

Word: Slide

How to pronounce: slaɪd

Verb

Definitions:

1. Move along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.

Example sentences: "She slid down the bank into the water"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down.

Example sentences: "Anna played on the slide"

2. An act of moving along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.

Example sentences: "Use an ice axe to halt a slide on ice and snow"

3. A decline in value or quality.

Example sentences: "The current slide in house prices"

4. A part of a machine or musical instrument that slides.

Example sentences: "His dark hair fell into his eyes as he looked down the slide of his instrument, inspecting the dent that his fall had put in it the day before."

5. A rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope.A mounted transparency, especially one placed in a projector for viewing on a screen.

Example sentences: "The measurements are performed in vitro, with a DNA construction anchored between a glass microscope slide and a silica bead."

6. A sandal or light shoe without a back.

Synonyms:

glide

tumble

brush

crawl

slip

skim

slither

slide down

push

move

lantern slides

diapositive

roll down

sweep

guide block

slide block

carriage

caliper

skidding

skid

drift

runner

slideway

flow

china cabinet

chute

gliding

slithering

creep

roll

sneak

slink

Derivations:

sliding

slider

slid

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Slide in Other Languages...

Spanish: Deslizar

German: Folie

French: Diapositive

Italian: Diapositiva

Turkish: Slayt