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Slide - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Slide : (noun)
1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens
can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: microscope
slide]
2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or
snow etc.
3: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the
violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn:
swoop]
4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children
can slide
5: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining
in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the
bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast
down the snowy slope" [syn: glide, coast]
6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide
projector [syn: lantern slide]
7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: chute,
slideway, sloping trough]
(verb)
1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn:
skid, slip, slue, slew]
2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid
through the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither]
3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to
the other gambler"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Slide : \Slide\, v. t.
1. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece
of timber along another.
2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a
word to vary the sense of a question.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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 body by slipping, or
without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow
slides down the mountain's side.
2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth,
uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of
gravity, or on the feet.
They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.
3. To pass inadvertently.
Beware thou slide not by it. --Ecclus.
xxviii. 26.
4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
slides through the water.
Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.
Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
--Pope.
5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii.
35.
6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
perceptible cassation of sound.
7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer.
With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Slide : \Slide\, n. [AS. sl[=i]de.]
1. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
2. Smooth, even passage or progress.
A better slide into their business. --Bacon.
3. That on which anything moves by sliding. Specifically:
(a) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the
force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain
side for conveying logs by sliding them down.
(b) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for
amusement.
4. That which operates by sliding. Specifically:
(a) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding
over it.
(b) (Mach.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or
parts along which it slides.
(c) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
5. A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or
delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern,
stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object
to be examined with a microscope.
6. The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill
or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also,
the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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