slide
verb
[ slʌɪd ]
• move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.
• "she slid down the bank into the water"
Similar:
glide,
move smoothly,
slip,
slither,
skim,
skate,
glissade,
coast,
plane,
skid,
slew,
aquaplane,
trickle,
run,
flow,
pour,
stream,
course,
spill,
slide
noun
• a structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down.
• "Anna played on the slide"
• 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"
• a decline in value or quality.
• "the current slide in house prices"
• a part of a machine or instrument that slides.
• a rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope.
• another term for hairslide.
• "her hair was held back with a tortoiseshell slide"
• a sandal or light shoe without a back.
Origin:
Old English slīdan (verb); related to sled and sledge1. The noun, first in the sense ‘act of sliding’, is recorded from the late 16th century.
