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noun
1.
a person or thing that slides.
2.
Baseball. a fast pitch that curves slightly and sharply in front of a batter, away from the side from which it was thrown.
3.
any of several freshwater turtles of the genus Chrysemys, of North America, having a smooth shell usually olive brown with various markings above and yellow below: some, especially C. scripta, are raised commercially and the young sold as pets, rarely surviving to adulthood.
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is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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World English Dictionary
| slide (slaɪd) | |
| —vb (usually foll by into) (foll by in, into, | |
| 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; |
| 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 | |
| 'slidable | |
| —adj | |
| 'slider | |
| —n | |
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