Overview of noun slide

The noun slide has 7 senses

• slide, microscope slide -- (a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study)


• slide -- ((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.)


• swoop, slide -- ((music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides")


• slide, playground slide, sliding board -- (plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide)


• slide, glide, coast -- (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")


• slide, lantern slide -- (a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector)


• chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough -- (sloping channel through which things can descend)

Overview of verb slide

The verb slide has 3 senses

• skid, slip, slue, slew, slide -- (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk")


• slither, slide -- (to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate")


• slide -- (move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler")