slide

slide
1. verb /slaɪd/
a) To cause to move in continuous contact with a surface

He slid the boat across the grass.

b) To move in continuous contact with a surface.

The safe slid slowly.

2. noun /slaɪd/
a) A toy for children where they climb up and then slide down again.

The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.

b) The event of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones moving down the slope of a hill or from a mountain.

The slide closed the highway.


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  • Slide — could be related to any of these.Mechanical*Evacuation slide *Landslide the movement of soil, mud or rock down a slope. *Playground slide a smooth, sloped surface down which (usually) children slide while sitting down. *Water slide a popular… …   Wikipedia

  • Slide — Slide, n. [AS. sl[=i]de.] 1. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice. [1913 Webster] 2. Smooth, even passage or progress. [1913 Webster] A better slide into their business. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. That on which anything moves by sliding.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slide — [slaɪd] verb slid PTandPP [slɪd] [intransitive] to gradually become lower or less: • Some dealers continued to buy silver as the price slid. • The new model didn t stop their share of the U.S. car market from sliding. slide into something phrasal …   Financial and business terms

  • slide — vb Slide, slip, glide, skid, glissade, slither, coast, toboggan can mean to move along easily and smoothly over or as if over a surface. Slide usually implies accelerating motion and continuous contact with a smooth and slippery surface; it is… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Slide — Slide, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[=i]dan; akin to MHG. sl[=i]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. {Sled}.] 1. To move along the surface of any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slide It In — Slide It In …   Википедия

  • Slide It In — Album par Whitesnake Sortie janvier 1984 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • slide — [slīd] vi. slid [slid] sliding [ME sliden < OE slidan < IE * (s)leidh , slippery < base * (s)lei , slimy, slippery > LIME1, SLICK, SLIME] 1. to move along in constant frictional contact with some surface or substance [windows that… …   English World dictionary

  • Slide It In — Álbum de Whitesnake Publicación Enero de 1984 (Reino Unido) Abril de 1984 (Estados Unidos) Grabación 1983 Género(s) Hard rock, Heavy metal …   Wikipedia Español

  • Slide — Slide, v. t. 1. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another. [1913 Webster] 2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slide — (v.) O.E. slidan move smoothly, glide, from P.Gmc. *slidanan (Cf. O.H.G. slito, Ger. Schlitten sledge ), from PIE root * (s)lei slide (Cf. Lith. slystu to glide, slide, O.C.S. sledu track, Gk. olisthos slipperiness …   Etymology dictionary

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