slide
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of SLIDE
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a
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to move smoothly along a surface
[no object]
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The door slides open easily.
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The firefighters slid down the pole to their trucks.
[+ object]
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He slid the bottle across the table.
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Slide your finger along the seam.
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She slid the paper under the door.
b
[no object]
:
to move over ice or snow smoothly and often in a way that cannot be controlled
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He slid across the ice.
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Cars were slipping and sliding all over the roads during the snowstorm.
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[no object]
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to slip and fall
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Her purse slid out of her hands.
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The strap of her dress kept sliding down/off.
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always followed by an adverb or preposition
a
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to move or pass smoothly and easily into or out of something
[no object]
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She slid into the booth beside us.
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He slid into [=began doing] his impersonation of the president.
[+ object]
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He slid the key into his pocket.
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He always finds a way to slide in a reference to his new book.
b
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to move so you or your movements are not noticed
[no object]
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They slid [=slipped] out of the room when nobody was looking.
[+ object]
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He quietly slid the money into my hand.
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[no object]
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to become gradually worse over time
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His parents are concerned that their son's grades have started to slide. [=worsen]
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Sales figures have been sliding [=declining] for the last three quarters.
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The restaurant's new management is really letting the quality of the food slide.
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[no object]
baseball
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to dive toward a base to avoid being tagged out
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He slid into second base.
let (something) slide
informal
:
to do nothing about (something, such as another person's mistake or bad behavior)
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to ignore (something)
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You were late this morning. I'll let it slide this time, but don't let it happen again.
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It may be best to let things slide this time.
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slide
/ˈslaɪd/
noun
plural
slides
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slide
/ˈslaɪd/
noun
plural
slides
Britannica Dictionary definition of SLIDE
[count]
1
:
a movement to a lower or worse state or condition
:
decline
— usually singular
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The recent slide in the stock market has made investors nervous.
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The book describes her slide into depression.
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the slide in television ratings
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(chiefly Brit) Her career has been on the slide [=on the decline] for a couple of years.
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:
a structure with a slippery surface that children slide down
—
see picture at playground;
see also waterslide
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a playground slide
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baseball
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the act of diving towards a base to avoid being tagged out
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a slide into home plate
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:
a small piece of film with an image on it that can be shown on a wall or screen by using a special machine (called a projector)
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They showed us slides from their vacation in Europe.
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a slide presentation/show/projector
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:
a small, thin, and usually rectangular piece of glass that holds an object to be looked at under a microscope
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She sent the slides to the lab.
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a part of a musical instrument or a machine that is moved backward or forward
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He oiled the slide of his trombone.
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The slide mechanism on the machine was broken.
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