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- Dictionaryslide/slʌɪd/
verb
- 1. move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it: "she slid down the bank into the water" Similar
noun
- 1. a structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down: "Anna played on the slide"
- 2. an act of moving along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it: "use an ice axe to halt a slide on ice and snow"
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SLIDE definition: 1. to (cause to) move easily and without interruption over a surface: 2. in baseball, to reach one…. Learn more.
The meaning of SLIDE is to move smoothly along a surface : slip. How to use slide in a sentence.
To slide is to move down or across something in a smooth way. If you’re into that kind of thing, head to a playground and go down a slide. Just don’t push any toddlers out of the way. You can slide your bed across your room so it's near the window, or slide on the kitchen floor in your socks.
slide suggests a movement of one surface over another in contact with it: to slide downhill. glide suggests a continuous, smooth, easy, and (usually) noiseless motion: a skater gliding over the ice. To slip is to slide in a sudden or accidental way: to slip on the ice and fall.
n. 1. A sliding movement or action. 2. a. A smooth, usually inclined surface or track for sliding: a water slide. b. A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute climbed onto by means of a ladder. 3.
Slide definition: to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface. See examples of SLIDE used in a sentence.
Definition of slide verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
