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slide

[slahyd]

verb (used without object)

to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.

to slip or skid.

to glide or pass smoothly.

to slip easily, quietly, or unobtrusively on or as if on a track, channel, or guide rail (usually followed by in, out, away, etc.).

to pass or fall gradually into a specified state, character, practice, etc.

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to decline or decrease: Interest rates are beginning to slide.

Baseball. (of a base runner) to cast oneself, usually feet first, forward along the ground in the direction of the base being approached, to present less of a target for a baseman attempting to make a tag.

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verb (used with object)

to cause to slide, slip, or coast, as over a surface or with a smooth, gliding motion.

to hand, pass along, or slip (something) easily or quietly (usually followed by in, into, etc.): to slide a note into someone's hand.

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noun

10.

an act or instance of sliding.

11.

a smooth surface for sliding on, especially a type of chute in a playground.

12.

an object intended to slide.

13.

Geology.

a landslide or the like.

the mass of matter sliding down.

14.

a single transparency, object, or image for projection in a projector, as a lantern slide.

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Photography. a small positive color transparency mounted for projection on a screen or magnification through a viewer.

16.

a usually rectangular plate of glass on which objects are placed for microscopic examination.

17.

Furniture. a shelf sliding into the body of a piece when not in use.

18.

Music.

an embellishment consisting of an upward or downward series of three or more tones, the last of which is the principal tone.

a portamento.

a U-shaped section of the tube of an instrument of the trumpet class, as the trombone, that can be pushed in or out to alter the length of the air column and change the pitch.

19.

a vehicle mounted on runners, for conveying loads, as of grain or wood, especially over a level surface.

20.

(of a machine or mechanism)

a moving part working on a track, channel, or guide rails.

the surface, track, channel, or guide rails on which the part moves.

21.

any of various chutes used in logging, mining, or materials handling.

22.

a flat or very low-heeled, backless shoe or slipper that can be slipped on and off the foot easily.

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Idiom

23.

let slide, to allow to deteriorate, pursue a natural course, etc., without intervention on one's part: to let things slide.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English sliden (v.), Old English slīdan; cognate with Middle Low German slīden, Middle High German slīten; akin to sled

Related forms

slid·a·ble, adjective

slid·a·ble·ness, noun

out·slide, verb (used with object), -slid, -slid or -slid·den, -slid·ing.

Synonyms
1. slither. Slide, glide, slip suggest movement over a smooth surface. Slide suggests a movement of one surface over another in contact with it: to slide downhill. Glide suggests a continuous, smooth, easy, and (usually) noiseless motion: a skater gliding over the ice. To slip is to slide in a sudden or accidental way: to slip on the ice and fall.

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Example Sentences

If that slide is the best way to present your idea, then don't apologize for it.

It exaggerates the scale of the slide and misunderstands its cause.

Preserve and share your travel memories with this easy-to-use slide and film scanner.

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If that slide is the best way to present your idea, then don't apologize for it.

It exaggerates the scale of the slide and misunderstands its cause.

Preserve and share your travel memories with this easy-to-use slide and film scanner.

Before electronic calculators, the mechanical slide rule dominated scientific and engineering computation.

Even with three or four people working in a small quarry, many minutes or even hours can slide by with few.

Slide the plastic tubing's free end through the drain hole of the large pot.

In the show wipeout, there is this rotating slide jump.

It only takes a few badly designed slide decks, read more or less verbatim, and.

The world economy could well benefit from a gradual slide in the greenback.

See how quickly you can piece together these spider jigsaw puzzles and slide puzzles.

As the buildings on the screen slide by, a sense of place emerges.

Using one piece of paper per slide, write some quick notes on what the audience should know after that slide has been presented.

But a slide into a second recession would require firms to cut back again on stocks, capital spending and jobs.

He'll take his place at the top of a giant, snow-covered slide.

We have made the requested clarification to the sixth slide.

Not every point in your talk deserves a spot on a slide.

American policymakers seem happy to let the dollar slide.

Scientists suspect the new volcanoes occur at a crack in tectonic plates caused by stress as the plates slide past each other.

So they are going to slide the locomotive onto the back of the flatbed while it's still indoors.

Audiences consequently endure a relentless sequentiality, one damn slide after another.

The temptation in a downturn is to let prices slide to protect or increase market share.

Watch a slide show of stunning photos from the shoot.

Drink too many of these rich, sweet concoctions and the slide may reverse course.

They have a ridged plastic butt-plate, and while wearing them you can slide down any snowy slope and never have to drag a.

The slide in exports has been exacerbated by a drying up of trade credit.

The plates collide, slide against, and move under and on top of other plates.

The bird, perched unblinking on a low branch not ten feet away, hooted a rising scale as if whistling through a slide flute.

Take a look at the rubber-band powered gun he made to remove those troublesome, hard to slide.

Meanwhile, their loosely fitted joints allow each storey to slide horizontally independently of the others.

Pitcher plants feed on insects that slide into their pitcher-shaped leaf structures and get stuck.

The government's high approval ratings are on the slide.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the slide has continued since then.

But its latest slide is merely a symptom of a worse malaise: the global financial system is under great strain.

If the slipping soil is deeper than three metres, the presence of trees will not be sufficient to stop the slide.

The chancellor might hope for a further slide in the value of the pound to boost.

Only unshackled private enterprise and a fairer distribution of oil revenues can halt the slide towards all-out conflict.

In the daylight, the charred skeleton of the roof now hangs precariously beside the empty children's slide.

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World English Dictionary

slide (slaɪd)

—vb (usually foll by into) (foll by in, into, etc) , slides, sliding, slid, slid, slidden
1.	to move or cause to move smoothly along a surface in continual contact with it: doors that slide open; children sliding on the ice
2.	(intr) to lose grip or balance: he slid on his back
3.	(intr; usually foll by into, out of, away from, etc) to pass or move gradually and unobtrusively: she slid into the room
4.	to go (into a specified condition) by degrees, unnoticeably, etc: he slid into loose living
5.	to move (an object) unobtrusively or (of an object) to move in this way: he slid the gun into his pocket
6.	(intr) music to execute a portamento
7.	let slide to allow to follow a natural course, esp one leading to deterioration: to let things slide

—n
8.	the act or an instance of sliding
9.	a smooth surface, as of ice or mud, for sliding on
10.	a construction incorporating an inclined smooth slope for sliding down in playgrounds, etc
11.	rowing a sliding seat in a boat or its runners
12.	a thin glass plate on which specimens are mounted for microscopic study
13.	Also called: transparency a positive photograph on a transparent base, mounted in a cardboard or plastic frame or between glass plates, that can be viewed by means of a slide projector
14.	chiefly (Brit) Also called: hair slide, US and Canadian name: barrette an ornamental clip to hold hair in place
15.	machinery
	a. a sliding part or member
	b. the track, guide, or channel on or in which such a part slides
16.	music
	a. the sliding curved tube of a trombone that is moved in or out to allow the production of different harmonic series and a wider range of notes
	b. a portamento
17.	music
	a. a metal or glass tube placed over a finger held against the frets of a guitar to produce a portamento
	b. See also bottleneck the style of guitar playing using a slide
18.	geology
	a. the rapid downward movement of a large mass of earth, rocks, etc, caused by erosion, faulting, etc
	b. See also landslide the mass of material involved in this descent

[Old English slīdan; related to slidor slippery, sliderian to slither, Middle High German slīten]

'slidable

—*adj*

'slider

—n

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Word Origin & History

slide

O.E. slidan "move smoothly, glide," from P.Gmc. *slidanan (cf. O.H.G. slito, Ger. Schlitten "sledge"), from PIE base *(s)lei- "slide" (cf. Lith. slystu "to glide, slide," O.C.S. sledu "track," Gk. olisthos "slipperiness," olisthanein "to slip," M.Ir. sloet "slide"). Phrase to let (something) slide is

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recorded from c.1386. The noun is 1570, from the verb. Meaning "picture prepared for use with a projector" is attested from 1819 (in magic lantern shows). Slider as a type of baseball pitch is recorded from 1936. Slide-rule as a calculating tool is from 1838.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

slide (slīd)
n.
A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.

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Science Dictionary

slide (slīd) Pronunciation Key

A mass movement of earth, rocks, snow, or ice down a slope. Slides can be caused by an accumulation of new matter or of moisture in the overlying material, or by erosion within or below the material. They are often triggered by an earthquake or other disturbance such as an explosion.
The mass of material resulting from such a process.

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Computing Dictionary

Slide definition

project
A now-retired Jakarta project to develop a repository for content management. Slide is no longer in development. It featured WebDAV, DeltaV WebDAV versioning, different databases and file system storage, transactions and locking, flexible permissions per file and more.
Slide home (http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/).
(2008-06-04)

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Idioms & Phrases

slide

see let ride (slide); let slip (slide).

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