| VERB | motion | slide, skid, slip, slue, slew | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner |
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| motion | slide, slither | to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly | |
| motion | slide | move smoothly along a surface | |
| NOUN | artifact | slide, microscope slide | a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study |
| event | slide | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. | |
| communication | slide, swoop | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale | |
| artifact | slide, playground slide, sliding board | plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide | |
| act | slide, glide, coast | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | |
| artifact | slide, lantern slide | a transparency mounted in a frame | |
| artifact | slide, chute, slideway, sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend |
| Sounds | slay'd | |
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| Rhymes | abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd... | |
| Meaning | A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study. | |
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| Synonym | microscope slide | |
| Parts | cover glass, cover slip | A small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
| section | A very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope | |
| Broader | plate glass, sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
| Catalan | portaobjectes | |
| Meaning | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.. | |
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| Category | geology | A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks |
| Narrower | avalanche | A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain |
| landslide, landslip | A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock / rock down a mountain or cliff | |
| Broader | descent | A movement downward |
| Spanish | derrumbamiento, desprendimiento | |
| Verbs | slide | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner |
| Meaning | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale. | |
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| Example | "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" | |
| Synonym | swoop | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Broader | glissando | A rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale |
| Verbs | slide | move smoothly along a surface |
| Meaning | plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide. | |
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| Synonyms | playground slide, sliding board | |
| Part of | playground | Yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play |
| Broader | plaything, toy | An artifact designed to be played with |
| Spanish | tobogán | |
| Catalan | tobogan | |
| Verbs | slide | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner |
| Meaning | The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it. | |
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| Example | "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill" | |
| Synonyms | glide, coast | |
| Narrower | skid, slip, sideslip | An unexpected slide |
| snowboarding | The act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Spanish | deslizamiento, desliz, slide | |
| Catalan | lliscada, lliscament | |
| Verbs | slide | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner |
| slide | move smoothly along a surface | |
| Meaning | A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector. | |
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| Synonym | lantern slide | |
| Parts | positive | A film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject |
| Broader | foil, transparency | picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base |
| Spanish | diapositiva, transparencia | |
| Catalan | diapositiva | |
| Meaning | sloping channel through which things can descend. | |
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| Synonyms | chute, slideway, sloping trough | |
| Parts | skid | One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects |
| Narrower | coal chute | A chute for coal |
| moulin, glacier mill | A chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation | |
| runway | A chute down which logs can slide | |
| water chute | chute with flowing water down which toboggans and inner tubes and people slide into a pool | |
| Broader | gutter, trough | A channel along the eaves or on the roof |
| Spanish | tobogán | |
| Meaning | Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | skid, slip, slue, slew | |
| Narrower | side-slip | slide sideways / sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis |
| skid | slide without control | |
| submarine | Move forward or under in a sliding motion | |
| Broader | glide | Move smoothly and effortlessly |
| Spanish | deslizar, patinar, resbalar | |
| Catalan | relliscar | |
| Nouns | slide | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it |
| slide | plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide | |
| slide | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. | |
| slider | a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown | |
| Meaning | To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The girls slide the wooden sticks | |
| Synonym | slither | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| See also | slide by | pass by |
| slide down | fall or sink heavily | |
| Spanish | deslizarse, deslizar, resbalarse, resbalar | |
| Catalan | llenegar, lliscar, relliscar, rossolar | |
| Nouns | slider | someone who races the luge |
| Meaning | Move smoothly along a surface. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | The wooden sticks slide | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | deslizarse, deslizar | |
| Catalan | esmunyir-se, fer lliscar, fer relliscar, lliscar | |
| Nouns | slide | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it |
| slide | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale | |
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