Understanding the meaning of slide

slide

/slaɪd/

verb
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
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skid slew slip slue

type of:
glide
verb
to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
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slither

type of:
locomote go move travel
noun
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
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"the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

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swoop

type of:
glissando
noun
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
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"his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"

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coast glide

type of:
move movement motion
noun
sloping channel through which things can descend
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chute slideway sloping trough

type of:
trough gutter
noun
plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
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playground slide sliding board

type of:
toy plaything

part of:
playground
noun
a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
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lantern slide

type of:
transparency foil
noun
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
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microscope slide

type of:
plate glass sheet glass
noun
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
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type of:
descent
verb
move smoothly along a surface
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type of:
displace move

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