slide

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: slide

1	v n	move smoothly along a surface the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
2	n	a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: slide

“He slid the money over to the other gambler”

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Types:: submarine
move forward or under in a sliding motion; skid
slide without control; side-slip
slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis

“They slid through the wicket in the big gate”

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

“his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill”

Types:: sideslip, skid, slip
an unexpected slide; snowboarding
the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard

Type of:: motion, move, movement
the act of changing location from one place to another

Types:: coal chute
a chute for coal; runway
a chute down which logs can slide; water chute
chute with flowing water down which toboggans and inner tubes and people slide into a pool

Type of:: gutter, trough
a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; avalanche
a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain; landslide, landslip
a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; lahar
an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano; mudslide
a landslide of mud; rockslide
a landslide of rocks

“the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides”

Type of:: glissando
a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale

Type of:: foil, transparency
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

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