English Explanatory Dictionary

slide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
  2. To move on a low-friction surface.
  3. To drop down and skid into a base.
  4. To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
  5. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
  6. To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
  7. To pass inadvertently.
  8. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
  9. To decrease in amount or value.
  10. To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
  11. To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
  12. To go; to move from one place or to another.
noun
  1. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
  2. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
  3. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
  4. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
  5. A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
  6. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
  7. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
  8. Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
  9. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
  10. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
  11. A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
  12. In full microscope slide: a flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope.

Pronunciation

/slaɪd/ en-us-slide.ogg

Word forms

slide slides sliding slid slidden

Etymology

From Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan (“to slide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German slītan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German slīden (“to slide”), Middle Dutch slīden (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit स्रेधति (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).

Synonyms

slip toboggan sled slider slippery dip slippery slide chute runner

Derived words

aslide let slide slide into the DMs, slide into someone's DMs slide off slip and slide slidy slide projector slide viewer backslide bluntslide boardslide bogslide book-slide butter-slide catslide cover slide cytoslide dark slide death slide downslide earthslide evacuation slide filmslide foefie slide hairslide jeu de taquin slide knee slide landslide lantern slide lipslide long run for a short slide microscope slide microslide midslide mud slide mudslide NOP slide noseslide nose slide on the slide outslide overslide pat slide pick slide power slide reslide rockslide sandslide senior slide sewer slide slicky slide slideable slide action slidebar slide-butt slide deck slide fastener slidegroat slideless slideout
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