1. Move smoothly along a surface
   "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
    
2. To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
   "They slid through the wicket in the big gate";
   - slither
    
3. Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
   "the wheels slid against the pavement";
   - skid, slip, slue, slew

1. 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";
   - glide, coast
    
2. Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
   "The children lined up eagerly to take turns on the playground slide";
   - playground slide, sliding board
    
3. Sloping channel through which things can descend
   "The factory used a slide to transport boxes to the loading dock";
   - chute, slideway, sloping trough
    
4. A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
   "The biologist carefully prepared the microscope slide with a thin section of plant tissue";
   - microscope slide
    
5. A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
   "The professor loaded the lantern slides for his lecture on ancient art";
   - lantern slide, diapositive
    
6. (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth, rocks or snow etc.
   "The slide blocked the mountain road for weeks"
    
7. A sudden decline in strength, number or importance
   "the slide of the House of Hapsburg";
   - fall, downfall
    
8. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
   "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides";
   - swoop
    
9. [Brit] A decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place
   "She used a jewelled hair slide to keep her updo in place";
   - hair slide [Brit]
    
10. A shoe or sandal with no back (so that it can be slipped on)
    "She wore comfortable slides to the beach"

Derived forms: slides, slid, slidden, sliding

Type of: clip, descent, displace, eavestrough [Cdn], foil, glide, glissando, go, gutter, hair clip, locomote, motion, move, movement, plate glass, plaything, sheet glass, shoe, toy, transparency, travel, trough, weakening

Part of: playground

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