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slide

Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪ̯d/

The English word “slide” has 20 meanings listed here.

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.
  13. To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.

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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃sléydʰeti, from *h₃sleydʰ- (“slippery”) + *-eti. 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…

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