slide  /slaɪd/

noun

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

synset: slide, microscope_slide

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

synset: slide

3. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

synset: swoop, slide

4. plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

synset: slide, playground_slide, sliding_board

5. 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"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

synset: slide, glide, coast

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

synset: slide, lantern_slide

7. sloping channel through which things can descend

synset: chute, slide, slideway, sloping_trough

verb

1. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

synset: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide

2. to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

synset: slither, slide

3. move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"

synset: slide

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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