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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.
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.
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.
verb. /slaɪd/ Verb Forms. move smoothly/quietly. [intransitive, transitive] to move easily over a smooth or wet surface; to make something move in this way (+ adv./prep.) We slid down the grassy slope. The drawers slide in and out easily. slide something + adv./prep. She slid her hand along the rail.
slide. noun. us / slɑɪd/ a large object that children climb and slide down as a game. a small piece of film that you shine light through in order to see a photograph. (Definition of slide from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of slide. in Chinese (Traditional) 移動, （使）滑動，（使）滑行, 變糟… See more.
What does the noun slide mean? There are 33 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun slide. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. slide has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
slide - 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"
Definition of slide verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SLIDE meaning: 1. to (cause to) move easily and without interruption over a surface: 2. in baseball, to reach one…. Learn more.
