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

1. Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
   - playground slide, sliding board
    
2. 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
    
3. A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
   - microscope slide
    
4. (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth, rocks or snow etc.
    
5. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
   "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides";
   - swoop
    
6. A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
   - lantern slide, diapositive
    
7. Sloping channel through which things can descend
   - chute, slideway, sloping trough
    
8. [Brit] A decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place
   - hair slide [Brit]
    
9. A sudden decline in strength, number or importance
   - fall, downfall
    
10. A shoe or sandal with no back (so that it can be slipped on)

Derived forms: slid, slidden, slides, sliding

See also: glide by, sink

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

Encyclopedia: Slide, Donald, Slide