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slide

UK/ˈslaɪ̯d/ US/ˈslaɪ̯d/ common informal slang
verb (3) noun (7)

verb

1.

move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

  • “the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”
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2.

to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

  • “They slid through the wicket in the big gate”
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3.

move smoothly along a surface

  • “He slid the money over to the other gambler”

noun

1.

a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

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2.

(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

3.

(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

  • “the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides”
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4.

plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

5.

the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

  • “his slide didn”
  • “;”
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6.

a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

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7.

Origin

From Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan (“to slide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German slītan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German slīden (“to slide”), Middle Dutch slīden (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit स्रेधति (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).

Phrases

  • cover slide
  • dark slide
  • death slide
  • evacuation slide
  • foefie slide
  • jeu de taquin slide
  • knee slide
  • lantern slide
  • let slide
  • slide into the DMs, slide into someone's DMs
  • slide off
  • slip and slide

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