The Meaning of slide

• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To pass inadvertently.
• (v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
• (v. t.) To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
• (v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
• (v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
• (v. t.) To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
• (v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
• (n.) The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
• (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress.
• (n.) That on which anything moves by sliding.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.
• (n.) That which operates by sliding.
• (n.) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.
• (n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.
• (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
• (n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
• (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.
• (n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
• (n.) Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
• (n.) A slide valve.

Synonyms

microscope slide , swoop , playground slide , sliding board , glide , coast , lantern slide , chute , slideway , sloping trough , skid , slip , slue , slew , slither

Rhymes

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