Definition of slide in English:

slide

verbslid slʌɪdslaɪd

1no object, with adverbial of direction Move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.
she slid down the bank into the water
Example sentencesExamples
- Images of powerful creatures slide along the smooth walls.
- His stomach sank into his feet and he slid down the smooth wall until seated on the grass.
- Finally I reach the wall and push myself off but now I am bouncing from wall to wall sliding along the carpet.
- She backed into a wall and slid slowly along it her hands feeling her way as her eyes faced those of the crowd.
- There is a metallic hum as the glass barrier moves, sliding into the floor, and the metal bars in the portal retract up.
- A folder was thrown onto the table; it slid along the smooth surface to land in front of her.
- She came to a corner and she slid along the wall, her gun ready.
- Momentum from the whirling caused her body to continue sliding on a smooth, level surface.
- Normally, the pleurae are silky smooth, allowing your lungs to slide easily along your chest wall when you breathe in and out.
- She slid along the wall and got into line with the rest of her classmates.
- Upon impact, her body slid along the wall and collapsed onto the ground.
- He slid along the smooth floor, barely managing to scramble back and grab his gun before the walls smashed together.
- The lady returned to her side, her dress rustling softly as it slid along the smooth surface.
- She slid to the floor, her sweaty hand squeaking as it slid along the wall.
- I pulled my summer diary from the enclosure and my hands trembled as they slid along the rawhide cover.
- Mark followed, sliding along the wall opposite from Jason.
- I slid along the wall until I was sitting on the floor next to the bathroom door.
- I burst through the wall sliding along the carpeted floor hitting everything in my path.
- Unsteady on his feet, Matt fell on his back, sliding along the shattered glass once more before coming to a halt.
- Some quaint and furtive figures slid silently along the walls with a fearful air.
Synonyms
glide, move smoothly, slip, slither, skim, skate, glissade, coast, plane
skid, slew, aquaplane
trickle, run, flow, pour, stream, course, spill
1. 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Move (something) smoothly along a surface.
  she slid the keys over the table
  Example sentencesExamples
  You merely slide the clip back along the track to release the tile.
  We slide our hands along our scarves before wrapping them around our bodies.
  Then he grabbed the keys to his car, extending the ignition key, and grabbed her wrist, sliding it along forcefully.
  I watch as he slides one hand vertically along the desk - slowly, caressingly.
  The man raised an eyebrow, sliding his hand along her back.
  The air is moist and moss-scented, and you slide your fingers along the slick castle stones as you're pulled by faint strains of music that sound vaguely familiar.
  Grabbing the knife from the table, I slid it along the table to her hand.
  Drake took a small folder from under his jacket and slid it along the desk to Paddy.
  Interactive displays in which people slide their foot along the floor to trigger on-screen stories and use a tracker ball to zoom in on parts of the city will stay.
  ‘My God, Marlon,’ purrs Sadie King as she slides her hand seductively along the vicar's leg while reaching for her pint of mild.
  He felt no resistance from Annie, so he risked sliding a hand along her thigh.
  I pulled his shirt off as well and slid my hands along his broad, muscular back.
  Returning to the familiar kitchen he slides a knife along his letters, slitting out their folded information.
  If I slide a brick along the table again and again, the friction is the same each time.
  Her heart pounding fiercely out of her chest, she leaned out the window a little further, preparing to slide her right foot along the ledge.
  He slid his fingers along the contour of his slender sword and slowly tightened them around the handle.
  Lay the pencil flat on one surface with the point resting on the other, and slide the pencil along to make the scribe.
  The problem is that later on in the game, when you have amassed a collection of inventory items, to get to a specific item, you have to use an arrow to slide the inventory along.
  It is done by grasping a small portion of hair and gently applying traction while sliding the fingers along the hair shafts.
  Multiple readings of the fingerprint are taken while it is slid across the surface of the scanner.
2. 1.2 Move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively.
  no object I quickly slid into a seat at the back of the hall
  with object she slid the bottle into her pocket
  Example sentencesExamples
  As Riley started recovering, Lacey slid quickly under the bed, but he soon caught sight of her and grabbed her ankle.
  He stepped onto the grooved rubber flooring that was likely used to siphon off wet shoes and boots, before quickly sliding into the front seat of the rail.
  I let go of Josh's arm as we reached his car, and quickly slid into the passenger seat.
  He quickly moved around and slid into the driver's seat, moving the car out of the back road.
  She quickly slid down, making sure that nobody was there to see her.
  Careful not to slip, she slid quickly down the side railing to go as fast as she could.
  Quickly I slid down as far as I could in my seat until my head was well below the window.
  Niko quickly slid to the side as well to let the person through.
  Taking note of the time, she sat up quickly and slid out of bed.
  Rian bowed to him, then quickly slid out of his seat and started heading toward the exit.
  He quickly drew back and slid towards the opposite edge of the bench, blushing furiously.
  As we sailed on a light wind, small islands close at hand slid quickly past and behind them ranges stood immobile on the skyline.
  Sprinting away from the attack, I quickly slid around to face him again.
  She laughed at how persistent he was, and quickly slid out of her scratchy and stiff nightgown that she had lived in for the past week.
  I changed quickly, sliding into the gorgeous red dress with its ribbon straps and low neckline, the skirt a short flare of chiffon.
  She scampered to the dining hall where she quickly slid into a seat next to Danielle.
  Pain shot through my arm, quickly dampened by drugs sliding into my bloodstream.
  They had spoken in unison, with quickly flashing grins sliding onto their lips.
  He nodded, kissed me quickly and slid under the blankets beside me.
  I realized that I was still holding Sean's hand and dropped it quickly, sliding into the seat Amber had just vacated.
  Synonyms
  creep, steal, slink, slip, glide, tiptoe, sidle, ease, edge
3. 1.3 Change gradually to a worse condition or lower level.
  the country faces the prospect of sliding from recession into slump
  Example sentencesExamples
  Fifth, there is a streak of melancholia in the English imagination, which can easily slide into a condition of fatalism.
  Initially all was calm but when the storm struck, conditions inside the Superdome slid towards chaos and panic.
  Sandro slid down to her level, and looked at her in a funny way.
  He failed to cope with the country's economic problems, however, and was unable to prevent the country sliding into an economic recession.
  Other will argue that Greenspan prevented the US economy from sliding into recession in the late 90s following the dotcom collapse.
  Now the world may be sliding into a global recession.
  Meanwhile, the economy is sliding rapidly into recession, deflation is worsening, and joblessness is at record levels.
  Nobody - well, hardly anybody - expects the economy to slide back into a recession.
  With the slumping global economy squeezing its exports, Japan is sliding into its fourth recession in a decade.
  The euro slid to its lowest level for seven months against the dollar yesterday as financial markets digested the French no vote.
  But they may have to be lowered later to prevent the rest of the economy sliding back into recession.
  It turned out the pilot had vertigo during the descent and thought he was straight and level while he was sliding back into a trail position.
  He knows it is a complicated argument and one that can quickly slide into a debate about whether terrorism ‘works’.
  However, since then, the issue has gradually slid to the outer edges of American consciousness.
  The bribe currency slid downscale to the level of a few pounds of meat or several rolls of toilet paper.
  But even public rhetoric slid to new levels after it became clear that the Congress would form government at the Centre.
  In the next 10 years, Europe will slide down to the level of the third world in economic terms
  He explained that numbers attending the second level school have been sliding over the years, dropping from a height of 300 to just over 70.
  They ensured the crushing of a local rebellion slid gradually into genocide.
  The big news story of the day was negative equity, repossession, the loss of white collar jobs and the fear that recession could slide into depression.
  Synonyms
  sink, fall, drop, descend
  decline, degenerate, deteriorate

noun slʌɪdslaɪd

1A structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down.
Anna played on the slide
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a playground with swings, slides, sandbox etc.
- There was a small playground covered in sand with a single swing set and a slide.
- Thirteen children's playgrounds are to be shut down but swings, see-saws and slides on six other sites are to be saved.
- The slides, drums and see-saws in the park have a panel that indicates that energy can be created through friction alone.
- I watched the kids play around in the swing set and the slide.
- The centre also have a playground with swings and slides, which you can use during your visit.
- We also have a playground with swings and slides.
- Swings, a see-saw and a slide had already been ordered.
- Across from school was a big public playground, filled with swing sets and slides and jungle gyms and merry-go-rounds.
- Meanwhile in nearby India Street a play area for children up to the age of eight has a slide, roundabout and see-saw.
- All the traditional features, such as climbing frames, swings, see-saws and slides, can be seen but there is so much more besides.
- The playground is like a mini replica of a scene from a Walt Disney set with a playhouse, swings, sandpit, slides, and see-saws.
- Children on the Temple Hill estate can look forward to new swings, slides and climbing frames in Attlee Drive's playground.
- There is a variety of fun to be gained on the slide, tunnel, climbing frames and also a soft baby play area, and action songs.
- Some brought see-saws, slides and swings to their frames.
- She watched as all the children played on the swing sets and slides.
- We had real playgrounds with merry-go-rounds and metal slides and wooden see saws, all placed on concrete.
- We had an ice-cream and a little play on the slide and climbing frame.
- We tried bird's eye views and worm's eye views of normal subjects, such as a playground slide.
- There were playful screams and calls all around from the children as they went up ladders and down slides, across the jungle-gyms and chasing each other.
Synonyms
water slide, flume, log flume, hydroslide
1. 1.1 A smooth stretch or slope of ice or packed snow for sliding or tobogganing on.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Another time, I remember building a slide out of snow in the backyard with my sister and cousins.
  This fall a toboggan slide will be developed at Hespeler Park.
  He slid along an icy slide in the manner of a child going home from school.
  Here at the world's largest snow playground, kids and adults can explore ice slides.
  The dramatic rescue unfolded when ice gave way under Nadine as she played with friends on an ice slide at the reservoir at 8pm last Monday.
  Crazy golf is included in the ticket price, the toboggan slides are great fun for kids of all ages and there are other outdoor activities to enjoy in fine weather.
  It must have been fun creating the ice slide, where we see the animals swirling around on a kind of natural rollercoaster?
  The steep asphalt path at the west end of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey made a splendid toboggan slide, and the invigorating pastime was thoroughly enjoyed.
  The plunge featured a forty-foot-high mass of granite boulders, toboggan slides, waterfalls, and observation decks.
  If the snow is wet, its colossal weight can compound the slide's lethal force.
  Under the grass, you find a door to winter frosting up through the heat, and a slide of ice to a lake frozen like glass and lit from beneath by the moon.
  The toboggan slide has three individual sliding channels and rubber tubes are provided for the riders.
2An 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
Example sentencesExamples
- First thing was how to traverse, followed by slow slides down the beginner slope.
- Her routine was uninspired writhing and undulating but her pole slide was something that Plato would have written a riddle about.
- A short walk in the mountains, often in snow drifts up to head height, was followed by a toboggan slide back to Grytviken.
- Sasha said little to Hardy, but gazed at him between bumps and slides along the dunes.
- A patch of soft snow stopped my slide and all was quiet.
- Keeping the front wheels pointing in the direction of travel will also aid traction and help prevent a power-sapping slide.
- A lone bolt would halt some of the slide, but not enough to warrant any comfort.
- Getting there was as wild and uncomfortable as any slide down a slippery slope can be.
- For some reason he doesn't like burnouts, wheelies and handbrake slides into our street.
- what a beautiful way to start a dance, just a slow slide of the toe along glittering black marble.
- The slide came, the slope caught them and the wheels came off.
- With bowling shoes, you're relying on them to give you a good slide up to the foul line.
- Luckily, the plane made a short distance slide on the snow until it crashed against a rock on the mountain.
1. 2.1Baseball A sliding approach made to a base along the ground.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He helps himself with a good move to first base and a quick slide step.
  That's a solid double and a hard slide into third base.
  This is bolstered with improved animation, so diving catches and slides into bases, for example, are extremely slick.
  Headfirst slides on the bases are off limits, as well.
  There are plenty of movements, like diving catches, double play attempts or slides into bases that look and feel very natural to the game itself.
2. 2.2usually in combination or with noun modifier (in skateboarding and snowboarding) a manoeuvre in which the board slides along an obstacle such as a rail or the edge of a ramp.
3A decline in value or quality.
the current slide in house prices
Example sentencesExamples
- As Sydney sees another film festival opening, Australia needs to learn the lessons from abroad to halt the slide of its industry
- Unless scientists and teachers can re-establish a sense of science as a progressive social project, we will not be able to halt the slide.
- It looked like another slide down the slippery slope of mediocrity for the Woodman.
- Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for things to begin the slippery slide into mediocrity before plunging off a precipice into idiocy.
- But the stock slide has slashed the value of his original investment by two-thirds.
- To erase the distinction appears to have been a moral gain, rather than a slide down the slope.
- Results released over the last two quarters, particularly in the United States indicate that credit quality is on the slide.
- Once a school started down the slippery slope toward liberalism, nothing could stop its full slide to perdition.
- The general view is that investors want to see more certainty on the US situation before the dollar can be expected to halt the present slide.
- And who knows how many Christians he is putting on a slippery slide of unbelief concerning the clear written Word of God?
- Instead, Reid has been been given more time to halt the slide.
- However, once you start dwelling on exact and exhaustive definitions you inevitably go down a slippery slide of uncertain meanings.
- Similarly, when the rates rise and the housing markets cool and the demand for lumber falls, the provincial government can do little to halt the slide.
- Their enduring commitment to civil society, interfaith dialogue and secular education has helped halt the slide to conservatism.
- Surely this calls for a return to physical discipline to halt the endless slide into an unmanageable society.
- Contributing to the current slide are some of the older more established technology and telecommunications names.
- What churches need, it seems, is a radical makeover to halt the slide and make them more appealing, attractive and entertaining to an increasingly sceptical population.
- It felt like part of a long, long slide down that slippery slope of obsolescence.
- The resulting confusion has led many great Christian leaders down a slippery slide into unbelief.
- Instantly, and curiously, the slide was halted.
Synonyms
fall, decline, drop, slump, tumble, downturn, downswing
informal nosedive
4A part of a machine or instrument that slides.
Example sentencesExamples
- That makes it much easier for older shooters, or those with small hands or slender wrists, to operate its slide.
- The slide stop lever rests above the upper left-hand grip panel.
- An optional stainless steel slide will soon be available at a small additional charge.
- His dark hair fell into his eyes as he looked down the slide of his instrument, inspecting the dent that his fall had put in it the day before.
- At first he merely toyed with the instrument, running a slide up and down and picking out series of notes almost like scales.
- Just make sure the operating slide or slides are not bent.
- A shortened and flared slide stop release lever seems like a luxury, and you may be right.
- The slide is a smooth satin black, with almost all of its corners rounded.
- Guys may buy something too hard-kicking, too sharp-edged or with springs so strong that the women can't operate the slides.
- There's no slop, no shake, and the slide travels along the frame ways slick as greased ball bearings.
- This lube is for slides, rails, bushings - anywhere you need good lube to migrate.
- He removes just enough material to smooth the slide, but not enough to weaken it structurally.
- The remainder of the stainless steel slide has a fine matte finish.
- Since the hammer has to move for the slide to operate, everything is under control.
1. 4.1 The place on a machine or instrument where a sliding part operates.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The tooling is mounted on arms that are attached to slides, as well.
  It can also attach to tripod via a quick-release slide.
2. 4.2mass noun Slide guitar.
  I'd been playing slide for years
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tinny acoustic plucks, triangle tinkles, and a later-arriving electric slide accent the point.
  In 1953, Honeyboy moved to Chicago where he remains today as one of as one of the city's best slide guitarists.
  Then Handy describes the guitarist playing slide, fretting his instrument with a knife.
  Clive is a master on lap slide, 6 and 12 string guitars, as well as being a considerable singer/songwriter in his own right.
  With the bass player and second guitarist supplying harmony vocals, and some fine slide playing from aforesaid guitarist, these guys got the job done.
  But the delivery sells it, and a song that opens with a descending chromatic wail and psychedelic wah-wah slide is just a bit much.
  He uses shadowy ghostings of pedal steel or slide blues tonality, though there are no bottlenecks in sight.
  I'd never seen a guitarist doing slide work in music this heavy before and I was blown away.
  Brokaw's slide and finger plucks should especially interest fans of M. Ward and, more so, John Fahey.
5A rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope.
Example sentencesExamples
- The slides were packed in light-tight boxes containing desiccant and refrigerated for 14 days.
- The machine then applies a thin, even layer of cells to a microscope slide for examination.
- In our experiment, both surfaces (the slide and the bead) are prepared with a protein monolayer adsorbed.
- When imaging liposome attachment and coalescence to a clean surface, the slides were affixed to a magnetic disk and placed directly into the microscope.
- As for the former problem, it is easy to demonstrate the characteristic filling from the central vessel in a spider by compressing it with your fingertip or a glass microscope slide to empty the spider and then watching it fill.
- The entire well of the microscope slide was examined under low power.
- A robotic instrument can apply to a single glass microscope slide a representative piece of every one of the 6,100 genes present in the yeast genome.
- The intensity of the evanescent wave created at the bottom of the flow cell decays exponentially with the distance from the slide's surface.
- The measurements are performed in vitro, with a DNA construction anchored between a glass microscope slide and a silica bead.
- One wing was dissected from each of 10 flies of each sex from each of three independent vials and mounted carefully under a glass coverslip on a microscope slide.
- A collection of software programs was developed to integrate off-the-shelf hardware components from a variety of vendors to capture, archive, and display images from a microscope slide.
- The third leg was removed with a fine probe, mounted on a microscope slide, and examined with phase microscopy.
- The wing is resting on a glass microscope slide but is not in mounting media.
- Aged pupae were washed, dried, and then attached to a microscope slide with double-stick tape.
- DNA microarrays consisting of thousands of individual gene sequences can be printed in a high density format on a glass microscope slide or deposited on a miniature matrix by a photolithographic process.
- Two Pt electrodes separated by 1.1 cm were attached to a glass microscope slide, and the space between the electrodes was filled with the cell suspension.
- The negative feedback current (approach curve) was obtained by moving the tip towards a glass microscope slide.
- The right wing of each male was mounted on a microscope slide and photographed with a digital camera through a stereoscopic microscope at a magnification of 40x.
- A wire hoop was placed inside each bag to prevent the fabric bags from coming into contact with the surface of the slides.
- Fifty microliters were placed into a 5 mm BTX fusion chamber consisting of a microscope slide and two platinum wires.
1. 5.1 A mounted transparency, especially one placed in a projector for viewing on a screen.
  as modifier a slide show
  Example sentencesExamples
  The high quality of my slides took me by surprise.
  Thus, in this room right now, we are converting electrical energy into light energy in the projector that is beaming images from my slides to the screen before you.
  Nowadays I use color images from digital cameras as well as scans from slides, and the negatives print much more predictably.
  You can also use the StarOffice Navigator to view and select specific slides in the show.
  Other drawings and photographs, projected as slides or mounted on easels, picked out details of the city, highlighting the jumble of old and new.
  Light conditions occasionally were less than ideal which particularly affected the quality of the color slides.
  The high quality of the slides will ensure a reasonable lecture.
  Called a DNA microarray, it relied on the laws of nature, meaning that any virus applied to the slide would gravitate toward a like virus.
  The easiest way is to print the image on a transparency slide (the ones normally used for an overhead projector) with a laser printer.
  Their exhibition features 260 prints taken in the last three years, along with slides to be shown every Saturday afternoon for the duration of the exhibition.
  Nuclei labeling was homogenous within a cyst, but labeling intensity varied between cysts, depending on the slide quality.
  The class began their research by viewing slides and taking a trip to the library.
  With slide film, use your camera's exposure-compensation feature to underexpose by a half or a full stop for more saturated color bands.
  As the cells matured they fell off the slide and settled in the bottom of the jar.
  A slide projection on view, incorporating found and original photographs, was intended to be shown during dance performances.
  In addition, there are two extended slide packs, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, containing 12 slides.
  His slide programs were legendary and not merely because of the quality of his slides.
  Yes, I think the report rather than the slides is a better way of setting up the structure that we have used.
  At the benefit, he didn't pitch JWM directly, but showed a slide giving his e-mail address and phone number.
  By chance, I found the little processing ‘darkroom’ for those slides at a local thrift store.
  Synonyms
  transparency, diapositive, mount
6British
her hair was held back with a tortoiseshell slide
another term for hairslide
Example sentencesExamples
- Top off the look with a belly skimming T-shirt or airy peasant blouse, flowing hippie hair, and a pair of beaded slides.
- I dug about for my straighteners and a new slide to separate my hair.
- It was held in place in the hair by means of a slide or vertical hair pin.
- The sisters can then wear the neckerchief slides in their hair.
7A sandal or light shoe without a back.

Phrases

let something slide

1Negligently allow something to deteriorate.
Papa had let the business slide after Mama's death
Example sentencesExamples
- I have to find/make friends and maintain relationships, not letting them slide because ‘we won't be here for long‘.
- Unfortunately, he has let things slide; he has allowed the laws against immorality to become a dead letter, and the Viennese to do very much as they please.
- Once they've enjoyed their neighborhoods in this way, it's almost cruel to let things slide back to the way they were.
- Trusting in them, I let things slide until sometime around the 10th, at which point my mother begins to worry that the computer will not arrive in time for Christmas.
- At times, it might seem easier to just let things slide but, if you make that a pattern, you're denying your own feelings - not a good thing.
- As many of you know, they cannot let a snide comment slide; they cannot turn the other cheek and allow the lecture, talk, forum or film to progress.
- Republicans seem to know when to let subjects slide.
- And it's up to them to embrace that rather than letting it slide.
- Keith, who could get a chimpanzee to hit a flawless shot, noticed I had let my grip slide.
- I just started letting shots slide away and once I'd made one or two on the trot it was difficult to stop making bogies.
Synonyms
neglect, pay little attention to, pay no attention to, not attend to, be remiss about, be lax about, shirk, skimp on, let something go downhill, let something go to seed
1. 1.1Allow something to go without punishment.
  she isn't one to let such behaviour slide
  Example sentencesExamples
  I pretend to ignore his rudeness, but Meryl is not willing to let it slide.
  Because this is your first offense, I will let it slide.
  I let her comments slide at the time.
  It frightened Trent a little bit and made him feel very uneasy but he let it slide.
  If people like your personality, they will let mild transgressions slide.

on the slide

Declining or deteriorating.
salaries are on the slide
Example sentencesExamples
- With profits on the slide over the past year or two, it's inevitable that 'defensive' mergers will increase in frequency.
- Shares have been on the slide for a couple of years, so investors are now running scared.
- The latest survey says house prices are on the slide, with prices falling at their fastest rate for two years.
- While he is seen as decisive and effective, public confidence in him as the next prime minister is on the slide.
- "We were in relegation trouble and the club was on the slide," he recalls.

Derivatives

slidable

adjective

An injection molded carrier for a disk drive or other electronic component includes two rails for slidable insertion into a chassis.
Example sentencesExamples
- A planchette (a slidable 3-legged device) or pointer of some sort is manipulated by those using the board.
- The injection needle is longitudinally slidable within the tip section so that its distal end can extend beyond the distal end of the tip section upon suitable manipulation of the needle control handle.
- Slip a business card between any slidable sashes and the frame.
- The slidable positioning of the catheter units in relation to each other provides for variable inter-balloon distances, which in turn provides for a variably sized occlusion region in a hollow tubular organ, for example a vessel.

slidably

adverbˈslʌɪdəbliˈslaɪdəbli

In a way that can be slid or moved smoothly along a surface.
a pair of handles slidably mounted on the crossbar
Example sentencesExamples
- The shaft clamp is slidably received by the indicator housing.
- In the unlocked position, the leaf spring is slidably and rotationally disposed along the elongated member.
- An elongated rod member is slidably positioned in the journal bearing and has at the lower end thereof a locking element which is adapted to selectively co-act with either the journal bearing or the socket.

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.

sledge from Old English:
The sledge that is a vehicle used on snow and ice came in the late 16th century from Dutch and is related to sled (Middle English), sleigh (early 18th century), slide (Old English), and slither (Middle English). Sleigh is from Dutch, and was originally adopted in North America. To take for a sleigh ride is a dated slang phrase meaning ‘to mislead’, from the use of sleigh ride for an implausible or false story or a hoax. A sleigh ride could also mean ‘a drug-induced high’—this went with the use of snow for cocaine in white powder form, an early 20th-century use for this Old English word. As a name for what we would now more usually call a sledgehammer, the other sledge is recorded in Old English and goes back to a root meaning ‘to strike’ and related to slay. A sledgehammer is a large, heavy hammer used for jobs such as breaking rocks and driving in fence posts, so to take a sledgehammer to crack a nut is to use a disproportionately forceful means to achieve a simple objective. The expression is recorded in the 1930s, but a decade earlier an American version use a sledgehammer to kill a gnat appears. In the 1970s Australian cricketers started sledging, or making offensive or needling remarks to opposing batsmen in an attempt to break their concentration. The idea behind the term is the crudity and lack of subtlety involved in using a sledge or sledgehammer.

Rhymes

abide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, betide, bide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, collide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, pitch-side, popeyed, pride, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide

Definition of slide in US English:

slide

verbslaɪdslīd

1no object, with adverbial of direction Move along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.
she slid down the bank into the water
Example sentencesExamples
- Images of powerful creatures slide along the smooth walls.
- He slid along the smooth floor, barely managing to scramble back and grab his gun before the walls smashed together.
- Normally, the pleurae are silky smooth, allowing your lungs to slide easily along your chest wall when you breathe in and out.
- She slid along the wall and got into line with the rest of her classmates.
- The lady returned to her side, her dress rustling softly as it slid along the smooth surface.
- I burst through the wall sliding along the carpeted floor hitting everything in my path.
- Unsteady on his feet, Matt fell on his back, sliding along the shattered glass once more before coming to a halt.
- Some quaint and furtive figures slid silently along the walls with a fearful air.
- His stomach sank into his feet and he slid down the smooth wall until seated on the grass.
- She slid to the floor, her sweaty hand squeaking as it slid along the wall.
- Finally I reach the wall and push myself off but now I am bouncing from wall to wall sliding along the carpet.
- I slid along the wall until I was sitting on the floor next to the bathroom door.
- Upon impact, her body slid along the wall and collapsed onto the ground.
- She backed into a wall and slid slowly along it her hands feeling her way as her eyes faced those of the crowd.
- Momentum from the whirling caused her body to continue sliding on a smooth, level surface.
- A folder was thrown onto the table; it slid along the smooth surface to land in front of her.
- Mark followed, sliding along the wall opposite from Jason.
- I pulled my summer diary from the enclosure and my hands trembled as they slid along the rawhide cover.
- There is a metallic hum as the glass barrier moves, sliding into the floor, and the metal bars in the portal retract up.
- She came to a corner and she slid along the wall, her gun ready.
Synonyms
glide, move smoothly, slip, slither, skim, skate, glissade, coast, plane
trickle, run, flow, pour, stream, course, spill
1. 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Move (something) along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.
  she slid the keys over the table
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her heart pounding fiercely out of her chest, she leaned out the window a little further, preparing to slide her right foot along the ledge.
  Interactive displays in which people slide their foot along the floor to trigger on-screen stories and use a tracker ball to zoom in on parts of the city will stay.
  ‘My God, Marlon,’ purrs Sadie King as she slides her hand seductively along the vicar's leg while reaching for her pint of mild.
  Returning to the familiar kitchen he slides a knife along his letters, slitting out their folded information.
  Multiple readings of the fingerprint are taken while it is slid across the surface of the scanner.
  He slid his fingers along the contour of his slender sword and slowly tightened them around the handle.
  The problem is that later on in the game, when you have amassed a collection of inventory items, to get to a specific item, you have to use an arrow to slide the inventory along.
  Then he grabbed the keys to his car, extending the ignition key, and grabbed her wrist, sliding it along forcefully.
  The air is moist and moss-scented, and you slide your fingers along the slick castle stones as you're pulled by faint strains of music that sound vaguely familiar.
  I pulled his shirt off as well and slid my hands along his broad, muscular back.
  I watch as he slides one hand vertically along the desk - slowly, caressingly.
  It is done by grasping a small portion of hair and gently applying traction while sliding the fingers along the hair shafts.
  We slide our hands along our scarves before wrapping them around our bodies.
  The man raised an eyebrow, sliding his hand along her back.
  You merely slide the clip back along the track to release the tile.
  He felt no resistance from Annie, so he risked sliding a hand along her thigh.
  Grabbing the knife from the table, I slid it along the table to her hand.
  Drake took a small folder from under his jacket and slid it along the desk to Paddy.
  If I slide a brick along the table again and again, the friction is the same each time.
  Lay the pencil flat on one surface with the point resting on the other, and slide the pencil along to make the scribe.
2. 1.2 Move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively.
  no object I quickly slid into a seat at the back of the hall
  with object she slid the bottle into her pocket
  Example sentencesExamples
  He quickly moved around and slid into the driver's seat, moving the car out of the back road.
  Quickly I slid down as far as I could in my seat until my head was well below the window.
  Careful not to slip, she slid quickly down the side railing to go as fast as she could.
  He nodded, kissed me quickly and slid under the blankets beside me.
  Sprinting away from the attack, I quickly slid around to face him again.
  As Riley started recovering, Lacey slid quickly under the bed, but he soon caught sight of her and grabbed her ankle.
  He stepped onto the grooved rubber flooring that was likely used to siphon off wet shoes and boots, before quickly sliding into the front seat of the rail.
  He quickly drew back and slid towards the opposite edge of the bench, blushing furiously.
  Taking note of the time, she sat up quickly and slid out of bed.
  She laughed at how persistent he was, and quickly slid out of her scratchy and stiff nightgown that she had lived in for the past week.
  I let go of Josh's arm as we reached his car, and quickly slid into the passenger seat.
  I realized that I was still holding Sean's hand and dropped it quickly, sliding into the seat Amber had just vacated.
  She quickly slid down, making sure that nobody was there to see her.
  She scampered to the dining hall where she quickly slid into a seat next to Danielle.
  As we sailed on a light wind, small islands close at hand slid quickly past and behind them ranges stood immobile on the skyline.
  Rian bowed to him, then quickly slid out of his seat and started heading toward the exit.
  I changed quickly, sliding into the gorgeous red dress with its ribbon straps and low neckline, the skirt a short flare of chiffon.
  Pain shot through my arm, quickly dampened by drugs sliding into my bloodstream.
  Niko quickly slid to the side as well to let the person through.
  They had spoken in unison, with quickly flashing grins sliding onto their lips.
  Synonyms
  creep, steal, slink, slip, glide, tiptoe, sidle, ease, edge
3. 1.3 Change gradually to a worse condition or lower level.
  the country faces the prospect of sliding from recession into slump
  Example sentencesExamples
  But even public rhetoric slid to new levels after it became clear that the Congress would form government at the Centre.
  Initially all was calm but when the storm struck, conditions inside the Superdome slid towards chaos and panic.
  Meanwhile, the economy is sliding rapidly into recession, deflation is worsening, and joblessness is at record levels.
  Now the world may be sliding into a global recession.
  With the slumping global economy squeezing its exports, Japan is sliding into its fourth recession in a decade.
  Other will argue that Greenspan prevented the US economy from sliding into recession in the late 90s following the dotcom collapse.
  He failed to cope with the country's economic problems, however, and was unable to prevent the country sliding into an economic recession.
  He knows it is a complicated argument and one that can quickly slide into a debate about whether terrorism ‘works’.
  The bribe currency slid downscale to the level of a few pounds of meat or several rolls of toilet paper.
  Sandro slid down to her level, and looked at her in a funny way.
  In the next 10 years, Europe will slide down to the level of the third world in economic terms
  Nobody - well, hardly anybody - expects the economy to slide back into a recession.
  It turned out the pilot had vertigo during the descent and thought he was straight and level while he was sliding back into a trail position.
  However, since then, the issue has gradually slid to the outer edges of American consciousness.
  But they may have to be lowered later to prevent the rest of the economy sliding back into recession.
  He explained that numbers attending the second level school have been sliding over the years, dropping from a height of 300 to just over 70.
  The big news story of the day was negative equity, repossession, the loss of white collar jobs and the fear that recession could slide into depression.
  They ensured the crushing of a local rebellion slid gradually into genocide.
  Fifth, there is a streak of melancholia in the English imagination, which can easily slide into a condition of fatalism.
  The euro slid to its lowest level for seven months against the dollar yesterday as financial markets digested the French no vote.
  Synonyms
  sink, fall, drop, descend

nounslaɪdslīd

1A structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a playground with swings, slides, sandbox etc.
- She watched as all the children played on the swing sets and slides.
- Across from school was a big public playground, filled with swing sets and slides and jungle gyms and merry-go-rounds.
- There were playful screams and calls all around from the children as they went up ladders and down slides, across the jungle-gyms and chasing each other.
- We had an ice-cream and a little play on the slide and climbing frame.
- Swings, a see-saw and a slide had already been ordered.
- Some brought see-saws, slides and swings to their frames.
- We had real playgrounds with merry-go-rounds and metal slides and wooden see saws, all placed on concrete.
- There was a small playground covered in sand with a single swing set and a slide.
- Thirteen children's playgrounds are to be shut down but swings, see-saws and slides on six other sites are to be saved.
- We tried bird's eye views and worm's eye views of normal subjects, such as a playground slide.
- I watched the kids play around in the swing set and the slide.
- There is a variety of fun to be gained on the slide, tunnel, climbing frames and also a soft baby play area, and action songs.
- The playground is like a mini replica of a scene from a Walt Disney set with a playhouse, swings, sandpit, slides, and see-saws.
- We also have a playground with swings and slides.
- All the traditional features, such as climbing frames, swings, see-saws and slides, can be seen but there is so much more besides.
- The slides, drums and see-saws in the park have a panel that indicates that energy can be created through friction alone.
- Children on the Temple Hill estate can look forward to new swings, slides and climbing frames in Attlee Drive's playground.
- The centre also have a playground with swings and slides, which you can use during your visit.
- Meanwhile in nearby India Street a play area for children up to the age of eight has a slide, roundabout and see-saw.
Synonyms
water slide, flume, log flume, hydroslide
1. 1.1 A smooth stretch or slope of ice or packed snow for sledding on.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The plunge featured a forty-foot-high mass of granite boulders, toboggan slides, waterfalls, and observation decks.
  Crazy golf is included in the ticket price, the toboggan slides are great fun for kids of all ages and there are other outdoor activities to enjoy in fine weather.
  Here at the world's largest snow playground, kids and adults can explore ice slides.
  This fall a toboggan slide will be developed at Hespeler Park.
  He slid along an icy slide in the manner of a child going home from school.
  Under the grass, you find a door to winter frosting up through the heat, and a slide of ice to a lake frozen like glass and lit from beneath by the moon.
  The steep asphalt path at the west end of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey made a splendid toboggan slide, and the invigorating pastime was thoroughly enjoyed.
  If the snow is wet, its colossal weight can compound the slide's lethal force.
  The toboggan slide has three individual sliding channels and rubber tubes are provided for the riders.
  The dramatic rescue unfolded when ice gave way under Nadine as she played with friends on an ice slide at the reservoir at 8pm last Monday.
  Another time, I remember building a slide out of snow in the backyard with my sister and cousins.
  It must have been fun creating the ice slide, where we see the animals swirling around on a kind of natural rollercoaster?
2An act of moving along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it.
use an ice ax to halt a slide on ice and snow
Example sentencesExamples
- A short walk in the mountains, often in snow drifts up to head height, was followed by a toboggan slide back to Grytviken.
- Keeping the front wheels pointing in the direction of travel will also aid traction and help prevent a power-sapping slide.
- Her routine was uninspired writhing and undulating but her pole slide was something that Plato would have written a riddle about.
- A patch of soft snow stopped my slide and all was quiet.
- With bowling shoes, you're relying on them to give you a good slide up to the foul line.
- A lone bolt would halt some of the slide, but not enough to warrant any comfort.
- what a beautiful way to start a dance, just a slow slide of the toe along glittering black marble.
- For some reason he doesn't like burnouts, wheelies and handbrake slides into our street.
- Sasha said little to Hardy, but gazed at him between bumps and slides along the dunes.
- The slide came, the slope caught them and the wheels came off.
- Getting there was as wild and uncomfortable as any slide down a slippery slope can be.
- First thing was how to traverse, followed by slow slides down the beginner slope.
- Luckily, the plane made a short distance slide on the snow until it crashed against a rock on the mountain.
1. 2.1Baseball A sliding approach to a base along the ground.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Headfirst slides on the bases are off limits, as well.
  There are plenty of movements, like diving catches, double play attempts or slides into bases that look and feel very natural to the game itself.
  This is bolstered with improved animation, so diving catches and slides into bases, for example, are extremely slick.
  He helps himself with a good move to first base and a quick slide step.
  That's a solid double and a hard slide into third base.
3A decline in value or quality.
the current slide in house prices
Example sentencesExamples
- Results released over the last two quarters, particularly in the United States indicate that credit quality is on the slide.
- It looked like another slide down the slippery slope of mediocrity for the Woodman.
- Unless scientists and teachers can re-establish a sense of science as a progressive social project, we will not be able to halt the slide.
- And who knows how many Christians he is putting on a slippery slide of unbelief concerning the clear written Word of God?
- Contributing to the current slide are some of the older more established technology and telecommunications names.
- As Sydney sees another film festival opening, Australia needs to learn the lessons from abroad to halt the slide of its industry
- It felt like part of a long, long slide down that slippery slope of obsolescence.
- Surely this calls for a return to physical discipline to halt the endless slide into an unmanageable society.
- But the stock slide has slashed the value of his original investment by two-thirds.
- Similarly, when the rates rise and the housing markets cool and the demand for lumber falls, the provincial government can do little to halt the slide.
- What churches need, it seems, is a radical makeover to halt the slide and make them more appealing, attractive and entertaining to an increasingly sceptical population.
- To erase the distinction appears to have been a moral gain, rather than a slide down the slope.
- Their enduring commitment to civil society, interfaith dialogue and secular education has helped halt the slide to conservatism.
- The resulting confusion has led many great Christian leaders down a slippery slide into unbelief.
- However, once you start dwelling on exact and exhaustive definitions you inevitably go down a slippery slide of uncertain meanings.
- Once a school started down the slippery slope toward liberalism, nothing could stop its full slide to perdition.
- Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for things to begin the slippery slide into mediocrity before plunging off a precipice into idiocy.
- The general view is that investors want to see more certainty on the US situation before the dollar can be expected to halt the present slide.
- Instantly, and curiously, the slide was halted.
- Instead, Reid has been been given more time to halt the slide.
Synonyms
fall, decline, drop, slump, tumble, downturn, downswing
4A part of a machine or musical instrument that slides.
Example sentencesExamples
- At first he merely toyed with the instrument, running a slide up and down and picking out series of notes almost like scales.
- An optional stainless steel slide will soon be available at a small additional charge.
- The slide is a smooth satin black, with almost all of its corners rounded.
- That makes it much easier for older shooters, or those with small hands or slender wrists, to operate its slide.
- A shortened and flared slide stop release lever seems like a luxury, and you may be right.
- The remainder of the stainless steel slide has a fine matte finish.
- Guys may buy something too hard-kicking, too sharp-edged or with springs so strong that the women can't operate the slides.
- Just make sure the operating slide or slides are not bent.
- There's no slop, no shake, and the slide travels along the frame ways slick as greased ball bearings.
- Since the hammer has to move for the slide to operate, everything is under control.
- He removes just enough material to smooth the slide, but not enough to weaken it structurally.
- This lube is for slides, rails, bushings - anywhere you need good lube to migrate.
- His dark hair fell into his eyes as he looked down the slide of his instrument, inspecting the dent that his fall had put in it the day before.
- The slide stop lever rests above the upper left-hand grip panel.
1. 4.1 The place on a machine or instrument where a sliding part operates.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It can also attach to tripod via a quick-release slide.
  The tooling is mounted on arms that are attached to slides, as well.
2. 4.2 Slide guitar.
  I'd been playing slide for years
  Example sentencesExamples
  But the delivery sells it, and a song that opens with a descending chromatic wail and psychedelic wah-wah slide is just a bit much.
  Tinny acoustic plucks, triangle tinkles, and a later-arriving electric slide accent the point.
  Brokaw's slide and finger plucks should especially interest fans of M. Ward and, more so, John Fahey.
  I'd never seen a guitarist doing slide work in music this heavy before and I was blown away.
  Clive is a master on lap slide, 6 and 12 string guitars, as well as being a considerable singer/songwriter in his own right.
  With the bass player and second guitarist supplying harmony vocals, and some fine slide playing from aforesaid guitarist, these guys got the job done.
  He uses shadowy ghostings of pedal steel or slide blues tonality, though there are no bottlenecks in sight.
  In 1953, Honeyboy moved to Chicago where he remains today as one of as one of the city's best slide guitarists.
  Then Handy describes the guitarist playing slide, fretting his instrument with a knife.
5A rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope.
Example sentencesExamples
- When imaging liposome attachment and coalescence to a clean surface, the slides were affixed to a magnetic disk and placed directly into the microscope.
- As for the former problem, it is easy to demonstrate the characteristic filling from the central vessel in a spider by compressing it with your fingertip or a glass microscope slide to empty the spider and then watching it fill.
- The negative feedback current (approach curve) was obtained by moving the tip towards a glass microscope slide.
- The slides were packed in light-tight boxes containing desiccant and refrigerated for 14 days.
- The measurements are performed in vitro, with a DNA construction anchored between a glass microscope slide and a silica bead.
- The right wing of each male was mounted on a microscope slide and photographed with a digital camera through a stereoscopic microscope at a magnification of 40x.
- A wire hoop was placed inside each bag to prevent the fabric bags from coming into contact with the surface of the slides.
- The third leg was removed with a fine probe, mounted on a microscope slide, and examined with phase microscopy.
- Fifty microliters were placed into a 5 mm BTX fusion chamber consisting of a microscope slide and two platinum wires.
- The entire well of the microscope slide was examined under low power.
- The wing is resting on a glass microscope slide but is not in mounting media.
- Two Pt electrodes separated by 1.1 cm were attached to a glass microscope slide, and the space between the electrodes was filled with the cell suspension.
- In our experiment, both surfaces (the slide and the bead) are prepared with a protein monolayer adsorbed.
- DNA microarrays consisting of thousands of individual gene sequences can be printed in a high density format on a glass microscope slide or deposited on a miniature matrix by a photolithographic process.
- A robotic instrument can apply to a single glass microscope slide a representative piece of every one of the 6,100 genes present in the yeast genome.
- Aged pupae were washed, dried, and then attached to a microscope slide with double-stick tape.
- The machine then applies a thin, even layer of cells to a microscope slide for examination.
- One wing was dissected from each of 10 flies of each sex from each of three independent vials and mounted carefully under a glass coverslip on a microscope slide.
- The intensity of the evanescent wave created at the bottom of the flow cell decays exponentially with the distance from the slide's surface.
- A collection of software programs was developed to integrate off-the-shelf hardware components from a variety of vendors to capture, archive, and display images from a microscope slide.
1. 5.1 A mounted transparency, especially one placed in a projector for viewing on a screen.
  as modifier a slide show
  Example sentencesExamples
  Light conditions occasionally were less than ideal which particularly affected the quality of the color slides.
  Other drawings and photographs, projected as slides or mounted on easels, picked out details of the city, highlighting the jumble of old and new.
  His slide programs were legendary and not merely because of the quality of his slides.
  Thus, in this room right now, we are converting electrical energy into light energy in the projector that is beaming images from my slides to the screen before you.
  The class began their research by viewing slides and taking a trip to the library.
  By chance, I found the little processing ‘darkroom’ for those slides at a local thrift store.
  Called a DNA microarray, it relied on the laws of nature, meaning that any virus applied to the slide would gravitate toward a like virus.
  A slide projection on view, incorporating found and original photographs, was intended to be shown during dance performances.
  Nowadays I use color images from digital cameras as well as scans from slides, and the negatives print much more predictably.
  Yes, I think the report rather than the slides is a better way of setting up the structure that we have used.
  Nuclei labeling was homogenous within a cyst, but labeling intensity varied between cysts, depending on the slide quality.
  With slide film, use your camera's exposure-compensation feature to underexpose by a half or a full stop for more saturated color bands.
  The high quality of the slides will ensure a reasonable lecture.
  Their exhibition features 260 prints taken in the last three years, along with slides to be shown every Saturday afternoon for the duration of the exhibition.
  You can also use the StarOffice Navigator to view and select specific slides in the show.
  As the cells matured they fell off the slide and settled in the bottom of the jar.
  At the benefit, he didn't pitch JWM directly, but showed a slide giving his e-mail address and phone number.
  The easiest way is to print the image on a transparency slide (the ones normally used for an overhead projector) with a laser printer.
  In addition, there are two extended slide packs, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, containing 12 slides.
  The high quality of my slides took me by surprise.
  Synonyms
  transparency, diapositive, mount
6A sandal or light shoe without a back.

Phrases

let something slide

Negligently allow something to deteriorate.
Papa had let the business slide after Mama's death
Example sentencesExamples
- I have to find/make friends and maintain relationships, not letting them slide because ‘we won't be here for long‘.
- At times, it might seem easier to just let things slide but, if you make that a pattern, you're denying your own feelings - not a good thing.
- Keith, who could get a chimpanzee to hit a flawless shot, noticed I had let my grip slide.
- Once they've enjoyed their neighborhoods in this way, it's almost cruel to let things slide back to the way they were.
- Unfortunately, he has let things slide; he has allowed the laws against immorality to become a dead letter, and the Viennese to do very much as they please.
- And it's up to them to embrace that rather than letting it slide.
- As many of you know, they cannot let a snide comment slide; they cannot turn the other cheek and allow the lecture, talk, forum or film to progress.
- I just started letting shots slide away and once I'd made one or two on the trot it was difficult to stop making bogies.
- Republicans seem to know when to let subjects slide.
- Trusting in them, I let things slide until sometime around the 10th, at which point my mother begins to worry that the computer will not arrive in time for Christmas.
Synonyms
neglect, pay little attention to, pay no attention to, not attend to, be remiss about, be lax about, shirk, skimp on, let something go downhill, let something go to seed

Origin

Old English slīdan (verb); related to sled and sledge. The noun, first in the sense ‘act of sliding’, is recorded from the late 16th century.

单词	slide
释义	Definition of slide in English: slide verbslid slʌɪdslaɪd 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it. she slid down the bank into the water Example sentencesExamples Images of powerful creatures slide along the smooth walls. His stomach sank into his feet and he slid down the smooth wall until seated on the grass. Finally I reach the wall and push myself off but now I am bouncing from wall to wall sliding along the carpet. She backed into a wall and slid slowly along it her hands feeling her way as her eyes faced those of the crowd. There is a metallic hum as the glass barrier moves, sliding into the floor, and the metal bars in the portal retract up. A folder was thrown onto the table; it slid along the smooth surface to land in front of her. She came to a corner and she slid along the wall, her gun ready. Momentum from the whirling caused her body to continue sliding on a smooth, level surface. Normally, the pleurae are silky smooth, allowing your lungs to slide easily along your chest wall when you breathe in and out. She slid along the wall and got into line with the rest of her classmates. Upon impact, her body slid along the wall and collapsed onto the ground. He slid along the smooth floor, barely managing to scramble back and grab his gun before the walls smashed together. The lady returned to her side, her dress rustling softly as it slid along the smooth surface. She slid to the floor, her sweaty hand squeaking as it slid along the wall. I pulled my summer diary from the enclosure and my hands trembled as they slid along the rawhide cover. Mark followed, sliding along the wall opposite from Jason. I slid along the wall until I was sitting on the floor next to the bathroom door. I burst through the wall sliding along the carpeted floor hitting everything in my path. Unsteady on his feet, Matt fell on his back, sliding along the shattered glass once more before coming to a halt. Some quaint and furtive figures slid silently along the walls with a fearful air. Synonyms glide, move smoothly, slip, slither, skim, skate, glissade, coast, plane skid, slew, aquaplane trickle, run, flow, pour, stream, course, spill 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Move (something) smoothly along a surface. she slid the keys over the table Example sentencesExamples You merely slide the clip back along the track to release the tile. We slide our hands along our scarves before wrapping them around our bodies. Then he grabbed the keys to his car, extending the ignition key, and grabbed her wrist, sliding it along forcefully. I watch as he slides one hand vertically along the desk - slowly, caressingly. The man raised an eyebrow, sliding his hand along her back. The air is moist and moss-scented, and you slide your fingers along the slick castle stones as you're pulled by faint strains of music that sound vaguely familiar. Grabbing the knife from the table, I slid it along the table to her hand. Drake took a small folder from under his jacket and slid it along the desk to Paddy. Interactive displays in which people slide their foot along the floor to trigger on-screen stories and use a tracker ball to zoom in on parts of the city will stay. ‘My God, Marlon,’ purrs Sadie King as she slides her hand seductively along the vicar's leg while reaching for her pint of mild. He felt no resistance from Annie, so he risked sliding a hand along her thigh. I pulled his shirt off as well and slid my hands along his broad, muscular back. Returning to the familiar kitchen he slides a knife along his letters, slitting out their folded information. If I slide a brick along the table again and again, the friction is the same each time. Her heart pounding fiercely out of her chest, she leaned out the window a little further, preparing to slide her right foot along the ledge. He slid his fingers along the contour of his slender sword and slowly tightened them around the handle. Lay the pencil flat on one surface with the point resting on the other, and slide the pencil along to make the scribe. The problem is that later on in the game, when you have amassed a collection of inventory items, to get to a specific item, you have to use an arrow to slide the inventory along. It is done by grasping a small portion of hair and gently applying traction while sliding the fingers along the hair shafts. Multiple readings of the fingerprint are taken while it is slid across the surface of the scanner. 1.2 Move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively. no object I quickly slid into a seat at the back of the hall with object she slid the bottle into her pocket Example sentencesExamples As Riley started recovering, Lacey slid quickly under the bed, but he soon caught sight of her and grabbed her ankle. He stepped onto the grooved rubber flooring that was likely used to siphon off wet shoes and boots, before quickly sliding into the front seat of the rail. I let go of Josh's arm as we reached his car, and quickly slid into the passenger seat. He quickly moved around and slid into the driver's seat, moving the car out of the back road. She quickly slid down, making sure that nobody was there to see her. Careful not to slip, she slid quickly down the side railing to go as fast as she could. Quickly I slid down as far as I could in my seat until my head was well below the window. Niko quickly slid to the side as well to let the person through. Taking note of the time, she sat up quickly and slid out of bed. Rian bowed to him, then quickly slid out of his seat and started heading toward the exit. He quickly drew back and slid towards the opposite edge of the bench, blushing furiously. As we sailed on a light wind, small islands close at hand slid quickly past and behind them ranges stood immobile on the skyline. Sprinting away from the attack, I quickly slid around to face him again. She laughed at how persistent he was, and quickly slid out of her scratchy and stiff nightgown that she had lived in for the past week. I changed quickly, sliding into the gorgeous red dress with its ribbon straps and low neckline, the skirt a short flare of chiffon. She scampered to the dining hall where she quickly slid into a seat next to Danielle. Pain shot through my arm, quickly dampened by drugs sliding into my bloodstream. They had spoken in unison, with quickly flashing grins sliding onto their lips. He nodded, kissed me quickly and slid under the blankets beside me. I realized that I was still holding Sean's hand and dropped it quickly, sliding into the seat Amber had just vacated. Synonyms creep, steal, slink, slip, glide, tiptoe, sidle, ease, edge 1.3 Change gradually to a worse condition or lower level. the country faces the prospect of sliding from recession into slump Example sentencesExamples Fifth, there is a streak of melancholia in the English imagination, which can easily slide into a condition of fatalism. Initially all was calm but when the storm struck, conditions inside the Superdome slid towards chaos and panic. Sandro slid down to her level, and looked at her in a funny way. He failed to cope with the country's economic problems, however, and was unable to prevent the country sliding into an economic recession. Other will argue that Greenspan prevented the US economy from sliding into recession in the late 90s following the dotcom collapse. Now the world may be sliding into a global recession. Meanwhile, the economy is sliding rapidly into recession, deflation is worsening, and joblessness is at record levels. Nobody - well, hardly anybody - expects the economy to slide back into a recession. With the slumping global economy squeezing its exports, Japan is sliding into its fourth recession in a decade. The euro slid to its lowest level for seven months against the dollar yesterday as financial markets digested the French no vote. But they may have to be lowered later to prevent the rest of the economy sliding back into recession. It turned out the pilot had vertigo during the descent and thought he was straight and level while he was sliding back into a trail position. He knows it is a complicated argument and one that can quickly slide into a debate about whether terrorism ‘works’. However, since then, the issue has gradually slid to the outer edges of American consciousness. The bribe currency slid downscale to the level of a few pounds of meat or several rolls of toilet paper. But even public rhetoric slid to new levels after it became clear that the Congress would form government at the Centre. In the next 10 years, Europe will slide down to the level of the third world in economic terms He explained that numbers attending the second level school have been sliding over the years, dropping from a height of 300 to just over 70. They ensured the crushing of a local rebellion slid gradually into genocide. The big news story of the day was negative equity, repossession, the loss of white collar jobs and the fear that recession could slide into depression. Synonyms sink, fall, drop, descend decline, degenerate, deteriorate noun slʌɪdslaɪd 1A structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down. Anna played on the slide Example sentencesExamples There is a playground with swings, slides, sandbox etc. There was a small playground covered in sand with a single swing set and a slide. Thirteen children's playgrounds are to be shut down but swings, see-saws and slides on six other sites are to be saved. The slides, drums and see-saws in the park have a panel that indicates that energy can be created through friction alone. I watched the kids play around in the swing set and the slide. The centre also have a playground with swings and slides, which you can use during your visit. We also have a playground with swings and slides. Swings, a see-saw and a slide had already been ordered. Across from school was a big public playground, filled with swing sets and slides and jungle gyms and merry-go-rounds. Meanwhile in nearby India Street a play area for children up to the age of eight has a slide, roundabout and see-saw. All the traditional features, such as climbing frames, swings, see-saws and slides, can be seen but there is so much more besides. The playground is like a mini replica of a scene from a Walt Disney set with a playhouse, swings, sandpit, slides, and see-saws. Children on the Temple Hill estate can look forward to new swings, slides and climbing frames in Attlee Drive's playground. There is a variety of fun to be gained on the slide, tunnel, climbing frames and also a soft baby play area, and action songs. Some brought see-saws, slides and swings to their frames. She watched as all the children played on the swing sets and slides. We had real playgrounds with merry-go-rounds and metal slides and wooden see saws, all placed on concrete. We had an ice-cream and a little play on the slide and climbing frame. We tried bird's eye views and worm's eye views of normal subjects, such as a playground slide. There were playful screams and calls all around from the children as they went up ladders and down slides, across the jungle-gyms and chasing each other. Synonyms water slide, flume, log flume, hydroslide 1.1 A smooth stretch or slope of ice or packed snow for sliding or tobogganing on. Example sentencesExamples Another time, I remember building a slide out of snow in the backyard with my sister and cousins. This fall a toboggan slide will be developed at Hespeler Park. He slid along an icy slide in the manner of a child going home from school. Here at the world's largest snow playground, kids and adults can explore ice slides. The dramatic rescue unfolded when ice gave way under Nadine as she played with friends on an ice slide at the reservoir at 8pm last Monday. Crazy golf is included in the ticket price, the toboggan slides are great fun for kids of all ages and there are other outdoor activities to enjoy in fine weather. It must have been fun creating the ice slide, where we see the animals swirling around on a kind of natural rollercoaster? The steep asphalt path at the west end of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey made a splendid toboggan slide, and the invigorating pastime was thoroughly enjoyed. The plunge featured a forty-foot-high mass of granite boulders, toboggan slides, waterfalls, and observation decks. If the snow is wet, its colossal weight can compound the slide's lethal force. Under the grass, you find a door to winter frosting up through the heat, and a slide of ice to a lake frozen like glass and lit from beneath by the moon. The toboggan slide has three individual sliding channels and rubber tubes are provided for the riders. 2An 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 Example sentencesExamples First thing was how to traverse, followed by slow slides down the beginner slope. Her routine was uninspired writhing and undulating but her pole slide was something that Plato would have written a riddle about. A short walk in the mountains, often in snow drifts up to head height, was followed by a toboggan slide back to Grytviken. Sasha said little to Hardy, but gazed at him between bumps and slides along the dunes. A patch of soft snow stopped my slide and all was quiet. Keeping the front wheels pointing in the direction of travel will also aid traction and help prevent a power-sapping slide. A lone bolt would halt some of the slide, but not enough to warrant any comfort. Getting there was as wild and uncomfortable as any slide down a slippery slope can be. For some reason he doesn't like burnouts, wheelies and handbrake slides into our street. what a beautiful way to start a dance, just a slow slide of the toe along glittering black marble. The slide came, the slope caught them and the wheels came off. With bowling shoes, you're relying on them to give you a good slide up to the foul line. Luckily, the plane made a short distance slide on the snow until it crashed against a rock on the mountain. 2.1Baseball A sliding approach made to a base along the ground. Example sentencesExamples He helps himself with a good move to first base and a quick slide step. That's a solid double and a hard slide into third base. This is bolstered with improved animation, so diving catches and slides into bases, for example, are extremely slick. Headfirst slides on the bases are off limits, as well. There are plenty of movements, like diving catches, double play attempts or slides into bases that look and feel very natural to the game itself. 2.2usually in combination or with noun modifier (in skateboarding and snowboarding) a manoeuvre in which the board slides along an obstacle such as a rail or the edge of a ramp. 3A decline in value or quality. the current slide in house prices Example sentencesExamples As Sydney sees another film festival opening, Australia needs to learn the lessons from abroad to halt the slide of its industry Unless scientists and teachers can re-establish a sense of science as a progressive social project, we will not be able to halt the slide. It looked like another slide down the slippery slope of mediocrity for the Woodman. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for things to begin the slippery slide into mediocrity before plunging off a precipice into idiocy. But the stock slide has slashed the value of his original investment by two-thirds. To erase the distinction appears to have been a moral gain, rather than a slide down the slope. Results released over the last two quarters, particularly in the United States indicate that credit quality is on the slide. Once a school started down the slippery slope toward liberalism, nothing could stop its full slide to perdition. The general view is that investors want to see more certainty on the US situation before the dollar can be expected to halt the present slide. And who knows how many Christians he is putting on a slippery slide of unbelief concerning the clear written Word of God? Instead, Reid has been been given more time to halt the slide. However, once you start dwelling on exact and exhaustive definitions you inevitably go down a slippery slide of uncertain meanings. Similarly, when the rates rise and the housing markets cool and the demand for lumber falls, the provincial government can do little to halt the slide. Their enduring commitment to civil society, interfaith dialogue and secular education has helped halt the slide to conservatism. Surely this calls for a return to physical discipline to halt the endless slide into an unmanageable society. Contributing to the current slide are some of the older more established technology and telecommunications names. What churches need, it seems, is a radical makeover to halt the slide and make them more appealing, attractive and entertaining to an increasingly sceptical population. It felt like part of a long, long slide down that slippery slope of obsolescence. The resulting confusion has led many great Christian leaders down a slippery slide into unbelief. Instantly, and curiously, the slide was halted. Synonyms fall, decline, drop, slump, tumble, downturn, downswing informal nosedive 4A part of a machine or instrument that slides. Example sentencesExamples That makes it much easier for older shooters, or those with small hands or slender wrists, to operate its slide. The slide stop lever rests above the upper left-hand grip panel. An optional stainless steel slide will soon be available at a small additional charge. His dark hair fell into his eyes as he looked down the slide of his instrument, inspecting the dent that his fall had put in it the day before. At first he merely toyed with the instrument, running a slide up and down and picking out series of notes almost like scales. Just make sure the operating slide or slides are not bent. A shortened and flared slide stop release lever seems like a luxury, and you may be right. The slide is a smooth satin black, with almost all of its corners rounded. Guys may buy something too hard-kicking, too sharp-edged or with springs so strong that the women can't operate the slides. There's no slop, no shake, and the slide travels along the frame ways slick as greased ball bearings. This lube is for slides, rails, bushings - anywhere you need good lube to migrate. He removes just enough material to smooth the slide, but not enough to weaken it structurally. The remainder of the stainless steel slide has a fine matte finish. Since the hammer has to move for the slide to operate, everything is under control. 4.1 The place on a machine or instrument where a sliding part operates. Example sentencesExamples The tooling is mounted on arms that are attached to slides, as well. It can also attach to tripod via a quick-release slide. 4.2mass noun Slide guitar. I'd been playing slide for years Example sentencesExamples Tinny acoustic plucks, triangle tinkles, and a later-arriving electric slide accent the point. In 1953, Honeyboy moved to Chicago where he remains today as one of as one of the city's best slide guitarists. Then Handy describes the guitarist playing slide, fretting his instrument with a knife. Clive is a master on lap slide, 6 and 12 string guitars, as well as being a considerable singer/songwriter in his own right. With the bass player and second guitarist supplying harmony vocals, and some fine slide playing from aforesaid guitarist, these guys got the job done. But the delivery sells it, and a song that opens with a descending chromatic wail and psychedelic wah-wah slide is just a bit much. He uses shadowy ghostings of pedal steel or slide blues tonality, though there are no bottlenecks in sight. I'd never seen a guitarist doing slide work in music this heavy before and I was blown away. Brokaw's slide and finger plucks should especially interest fans of M. Ward and, more so, John Fahey. 5A rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope. Example sentencesExamples The slides were packed in light-tight boxes containing desiccant and refrigerated for 14 days. The machine then applies a thin, even layer of cells to a microscope slide for examination. In our experiment, both surfaces (the slide and the bead) are prepared with a protein monolayer adsorbed. When imaging liposome attachment and coalescence to a clean surface, the slides were affixed to a magnetic disk and placed directly into the microscope. As for the former problem, it is easy to demonstrate the characteristic filling from the central vessel in a spider by compressing it with your fingertip or a glass microscope slide to empty the spider and then watching it fill. The entire well of the microscope slide was examined under low power. A robotic instrument can apply to a single glass microscope slide a representative piece of every one of the 6,100 genes present in the yeast genome. The intensity of the evanescent wave created at the bottom of the flow cell decays exponentially with the distance from the slide's surface. The measurements are performed in vitro, with a DNA construction anchored between a glass microscope slide and a silica bead. One wing was dissected from each of 10 flies of each sex from each of three independent vials and mounted carefully under a glass coverslip on a microscope slide. A collection of software programs was developed to integrate off-the-shelf hardware components from a variety of vendors to capture, archive, and display images from a microscope slide. The third leg was removed with a fine probe, mounted on a microscope slide, and examined with phase microscopy. The wing is resting on a glass microscope slide but is not in mounting media. Aged pupae were washed, dried, and then attached to a microscope slide with double-stick tape. DNA microarrays consisting of thousands of individual gene sequences can be printed in a high density format on a glass microscope slide or deposited on a miniature matrix by a photolithographic process. Two Pt electrodes separated by 1.1 cm were attached to a glass microscope slide, and the space between the electrodes was filled with the cell suspension. The negative feedback current (approach curve) was obtained by moving the tip towards a glass microscope slide. The right wing of each male was mounted on a microscope slide and photographed with a digital camera through a stereoscopic microscope at a magnification of 40x. A wire hoop was placed inside each bag to prevent the fabric bags from coming into contact with the surface of the slides. Fifty microliters were placed into a 5 mm BTX fusion chamber consisting of a microscope slide and two platinum wires. 5.1 A mounted transparency, especially one placed in a projector for viewing on a screen. as modifier a slide show Example sentencesExamples The high quality of my slides took me by surprise. Thus, in this room right now, we are converting electrical energy into light energy in the projector that is beaming images from my slides to the screen before you. Nowadays I use color images from digital cameras as well as scans from slides, and the negatives print much more predictably. You can also use the StarOffice Navigator to view and select specific slides in the show. Other drawings and photographs, projected as slides or mounted on easels, picked out details of the city, highlighting the jumble of old and new. Light conditions occasionally were less than ideal which particularly affected the quality of the color slides. The high quality of the slides will ensure a reasonable lecture. Called a DNA microarray, it relied on the laws of nature, meaning that any virus applied to the slide would gravitate toward a like virus. The easiest way is to print the image on a transparency slide (the ones normally used for an overhead projector) with a laser printer. Their exhibition features 260 prints taken in the last three years, along with slides to be shown every Saturday afternoon for the duration of the exhibition. Nuclei labeling was homogenous within a cyst, but labeling intensity varied between cysts, depending on the slide quality. The class began their research by viewing slides and taking a trip to the library. With slide film, use your camera's exposure-compensation feature to underexpose by a half or a full stop for more saturated color bands. As the cells matured they fell off the slide and settled in the bottom of the jar. A slide projection on view, incorporating found and original photographs, was intended to be shown during dance performances. In addition, there are two extended slide packs, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, containing 12 slides. His slide programs were legendary and not merely because of the quality of his slides. Yes, I think the report rather than the slides is a better way of setting up the structure that we have used. At the benefit, he didn't pitch JWM directly, but showed a slide giving his e-mail address and phone number. By chance, I found the little processing ‘darkroom’ for those slides at a local thrift store. Synonyms transparency, diapositive, mount 6British her hair was held back with a tortoiseshell slide another term for hairslide Example sentencesExamples Top off the look with a belly skimming T-shirt or airy peasant blouse, flowing hippie hair, and a pair of beaded slides. I dug about for my straighteners and a new slide to separate my hair. It was held in place in the hair by means of a slide or vertical hair pin. The sisters can then wear the neckerchief slides in their hair. 7A sandal or light shoe without a back. Phrases let something slide 1Negligently allow something to deteriorate. Papa had let the business slide after Mama's death Example sentencesExamples I have to find/make friends and maintain relationships, not letting them slide because ‘we won't be here for long‘. Unfortunately, he has let things slide; he has allowed the laws against immorality to become a dead letter, and the Viennese to do very much as they please. Once they've enjoyed their neighborhoods in this way, it's almost cruel to let things slide back to the way they were. Trusting in them, I let things slide until sometime around the 10th, at which point my mother begins to worry that the computer will not arrive in time for Christmas. At times, it might seem easier to just let things slide but, if you make that a pattern, you're denying your own feelings - not a good thing. As many of you know, they cannot let a snide comment slide; they cannot turn the other cheek and allow the lecture, talk, forum or film to progress. Republicans seem to know when to let subjects slide. And it's up to them to embrace that rather than letting it slide. Keith, who could get a chimpanzee to hit a flawless shot, noticed I had let my grip slide. I just started letting shots slide away and once I'd made one or two on the trot it was difficult to stop making bogies. Synonyms neglect, pay little attention to, pay no attention to, not attend to, be remiss about, be lax about, shirk, skimp on, let something go downhill, let something go to seed 1.1Allow something to go without punishment. she isn't one to let such behaviour slide Example sentencesExamples I pretend to ignore his rudeness, but Meryl is not willing to let it slide. Because this is your first offense, I will let it slide. I let her comments slide at the time. It frightened Trent a little bit and made him feel very uneasy but he let it slide. If people like your personality, they will let mild transgressions slide. on the slide Declining or deteriorating. salaries are on the slide Example sentencesExamples With profits on the slide over the past year or two, it's inevitable that 'defensive' mergers will increase in frequency. Shares have been on the slide for a couple of years, so investors are now running scared. The latest survey says house prices are on the slide, with prices falling at their fastest rate for two years. While he is seen as decisive and effective, public confidence in him as the next prime minister is on the slide. "We were in relegation trouble and the club was on the slide," he recalls. Derivatives slidable adjective An injection molded carrier for a disk drive or other electronic component includes two rails for slidable insertion into a chassis. Example sentencesExamples A planchette (a slidable 3-legged device) or pointer of some sort is manipulated by those using the board. The injection needle is longitudinally slidable within the tip section so that its distal end can extend beyond the distal end of the tip section upon suitable manipulation of the needle control handle. Slip a business card between any slidable sashes and the frame. The slidable positioning of the catheter units in relation to each other provides for variable inter-balloon distances, which in turn provides for a variably sized occlusion region in a hollow tubular organ, for example a vessel. slidably adverbˈslʌɪdəbliˈslaɪdəbli In a way that can be slid or moved smoothly along a surface. a pair of handles slidably mounted on the crossbar Example sentencesExamples The shaft clamp is slidably received by the indicator housing. In the unlocked position, the leaf spring is slidably and rotationally disposed along the elongated member. An elongated rod member is slidably positioned in the journal bearing and has at the lower end thereof a locking element which is adapted to selectively co-act with either the journal bearing or the socket. 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. sledge from Old English: The sledge that is a vehicle used on snow and ice came in the late 16th century from Dutch and is related to sled (Middle English), sleigh (early 18th century), slide (Old English), and slither (Middle English). Sleigh is from Dutch, and was originally adopted in North America. To take for a sleigh ride is a dated slang phrase meaning ‘to mislead’, from the use of sleigh ride for an implausible or false story or a hoax. A sleigh ride could also mean ‘a drug-induced high’—this went with the use of snow for cocaine in white powder form, an early 20th-century use for this Old English word. As a name for what we would now more usually call a sledgehammer, the other sledge is recorded in Old English and goes back to a root meaning ‘to strike’ and related to slay. A sledgehammer is a large, heavy hammer used for jobs such as breaking rocks and driving in fence posts, so to take a sledgehammer to crack a nut is to use a disproportionately forceful means to achieve a simple objective. The expression is recorded in the 1930s, but a decade earlier an American version use a sledgehammer to kill a gnat appears. In the 1970s Australian cricketers started sledging, or making offensive or needling remarks to opposing batsmen in an attempt to break their concentration. The idea behind the term is the crudity and lack of subtlety involved in using a sledge or sledgehammer. Rhymes abide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, betide, bide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, collide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, pitch-side, popeyed, pride, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide verb.1 phr. Definition of slide in US English: slide verbslaɪdslīd 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it. she slid down the bank into the water Example sentencesExamples Images of powerful creatures slide along the smooth walls. He slid along the smooth floor, barely managing to scramble back and grab his gun before the walls smashed together. Normally, the pleurae are silky smooth, allowing your lungs to slide easily along your chest wall when you breathe in and out. She slid along the wall and got into line with the rest of her classmates. The lady returned to her side, her dress rustling softly as it slid along the smooth surface. I burst through the wall sliding along the carpeted floor hitting everything in my path. Unsteady on his feet, Matt fell on his back, sliding along the shattered glass once more before coming to a halt. Some quaint and furtive figures slid silently along the walls with a fearful air. His stomach sank into his feet and he slid down the smooth wall until seated on the grass. She slid to the floor, her sweaty hand squeaking as it slid along the wall. Finally I reach the wall and push myself off but now I am bouncing from wall to wall sliding along the carpet. I slid along the wall until I was sitting on the floor next to the bathroom door. Upon impact, her body slid along the wall and collapsed onto the ground. She backed into a wall and slid slowly along it her hands feeling her way as her eyes faced those of the crowd. Momentum from the whirling caused her body to continue sliding on a smooth, level surface. A folder was thrown onto the table; it slid along the smooth surface to land in front of her. Mark followed, sliding along the wall opposite from Jason. I pulled my summer diary from the enclosure and my hands trembled as they slid along the rawhide cover. There is a metallic hum as the glass barrier moves, sliding into the floor, and the metal bars in the portal retract up. She came to a corner and she slid along the wall, her gun ready. Synonyms glide, move smoothly, slip, slither, skim, skate, glissade, coast, plane trickle, run, flow, pour, stream, course, spill 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Move (something) along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it. she slid the keys over the table Example sentencesExamples Her heart pounding fiercely out of her chest, she leaned out the window a little further, preparing to slide her right foot along the ledge. Interactive displays in which people slide their foot along the floor to trigger on-screen stories and use a tracker ball to zoom in on parts of the city will stay. ‘My God, Marlon,’ purrs Sadie King as she slides her hand seductively along the vicar's leg while reaching for her pint of mild. Returning to the familiar kitchen he slides a knife along his letters, slitting out their folded information. Multiple readings of the fingerprint are taken while it is slid across the surface of the scanner. He slid his fingers along the contour of his slender sword and slowly tightened them around the handle. The problem is that later on in the game, when you have amassed a collection of inventory items, to get to a specific item, you have to use an arrow to slide the inventory along. Then he grabbed the keys to his car, extending the ignition key, and grabbed her wrist, sliding it along forcefully. The air is moist and moss-scented, and you slide your fingers along the slick castle stones as you're pulled by faint strains of music that sound vaguely familiar. I pulled his shirt off as well and slid my hands along his broad, muscular back. I watch as he slides one hand vertically along the desk - slowly, caressingly. It is done by grasping a small portion of hair and gently applying traction while sliding the fingers along the hair shafts. We slide our hands along our scarves before wrapping them around our bodies. The man raised an eyebrow, sliding his hand along her back. You merely slide the clip back along the track to release the tile. He felt no resistance from Annie, so he risked sliding a hand along her thigh. Grabbing the knife from the table, I slid it along the table to her hand. Drake took a small folder from under his jacket and slid it along the desk to Paddy. If I slide a brick along the table again and again, the friction is the same each time. Lay the pencil flat on one surface with the point resting on the other, and slide the pencil along to make the scribe. 1.2 Move smoothly, quickly, or unobtrusively. no object I quickly slid into a seat at the back of the hall with object she slid the bottle into her pocket Example sentencesExamples He quickly moved around and slid into the driver's seat, moving the car out of the back road. Quickly I slid down as far as I could in my seat until my head was well below the window. Careful not to slip, she slid quickly down the side railing to go as fast as she could. He nodded, kissed me quickly and slid under the blankets beside me. Sprinting away from the attack, I quickly slid around to face him again. As Riley started recovering, Lacey slid quickly under the bed, but he soon caught sight of her and grabbed her ankle. He stepped onto the grooved rubber flooring that was likely used to siphon off wet shoes and boots, before quickly sliding into the front seat of the rail. He quickly drew back and slid towards the opposite edge of the bench, blushing furiously. Taking note of the time, she sat up quickly and slid out of bed. She laughed at how persistent he was, and quickly slid out of her scratchy and stiff nightgown that she had lived in for the past week. I let go of Josh's arm as we reached his car, and quickly slid into the passenger seat. I realized that I was still holding Sean's hand and dropped it quickly, sliding into the seat Amber had just vacated. She quickly slid down, making sure that nobody was there to see her. She scampered to the dining hall where she quickly slid into a seat next to Danielle. As we sailed on a light wind, small islands close at hand slid quickly past and behind them ranges stood immobile on the skyline. Rian bowed to him, then quickly slid out of his seat and started heading toward the exit. I changed quickly, sliding into the gorgeous red dress with its ribbon straps and low neckline, the skirt a short flare of chiffon. Pain shot through my arm, quickly dampened by drugs sliding into my bloodstream. Niko quickly slid to the side as well to let the person through. They had spoken in unison, with quickly flashing grins sliding onto their lips. Synonyms creep, steal, slink, slip, glide, tiptoe, sidle, ease, edge 1.3 Change gradually to a worse condition or lower level. the country faces the prospect of sliding from recession into slump Example sentencesExamples But even public rhetoric slid to new levels after it became clear that the Congress would form government at the Centre. Initially all was calm but when the storm struck, conditions inside the Superdome slid towards chaos and panic. Meanwhile, the economy is sliding rapidly into recession, deflation is worsening, and joblessness is at record levels. Now the world may be sliding into a global recession. With the slumping global economy squeezing its exports, Japan is sliding into its fourth recession in a decade. Other will argue that Greenspan prevented the US economy from sliding into recession in the late 90s following the dotcom collapse. He failed to cope with the country's economic problems, however, and was unable to prevent the country sliding into an economic recession. He knows it is a complicated argument and one that can quickly slide into a debate about whether terrorism ‘works’. The bribe currency slid downscale to the level of a few pounds of meat or several rolls of toilet paper. Sandro slid down to her level, and looked at her in a funny way. In the next 10 years, Europe will slide down to the level of the third world in economic terms Nobody - well, hardly anybody - expects the economy to slide back into a recession. It turned out the pilot had vertigo during the descent and thought he was straight and level while he was sliding back into a trail position. However, since then, the issue has gradually slid to the outer edges of American consciousness. But they may have to be lowered later to prevent the rest of the economy sliding back into recession. He explained that numbers attending the second level school have been sliding over the years, dropping from a height of 300 to just over 70. The big news story of the day was negative equity, repossession, the loss of white collar jobs and the fear that recession could slide into depression. They ensured the crushing of a local rebellion slid gradually into genocide. Fifth, there is a streak of melancholia in the English imagination, which can easily slide into a condition of fatalism. The euro slid to its lowest level for seven months against the dollar yesterday as financial markets digested the French no vote. Synonyms sink, fall, drop, descend nounslaɪdslīd 1A structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down. Example sentencesExamples There is a playground with swings, slides, sandbox etc. She watched as all the children played on the swing sets and slides. Across from school was a big public playground, filled with swing sets and slides and jungle gyms and merry-go-rounds. There were playful screams and calls all around from the children as they went up ladders and down slides, across the jungle-gyms and chasing each other. We had an ice-cream and a little play on the slide and climbing frame. Swings, a see-saw and a slide had already been ordered. Some brought see-saws, slides and swings to their frames. We had real playgrounds with merry-go-rounds and metal slides and wooden see saws, all placed on concrete. There was a small playground covered in sand with a single swing set and a slide. Thirteen children's playgrounds are to be shut down but swings, see-saws and slides on six other sites are to be saved. We tried bird's eye views and worm's eye views of normal subjects, such as a playground slide. I watched the kids play around in the swing set and the slide. There is a variety of fun to be gained on the slide, tunnel, climbing frames and also a soft baby play area, and action songs. The playground is like a mini replica of a scene from a Walt Disney set with a playhouse, swings, sandpit, slides, and see-saws. We also have a playground with swings and slides. All the traditional features, such as climbing frames, swings, see-saws and slides, can be seen but there is so much more besides. The slides, drums and see-saws in the park have a panel that indicates that energy can be created through friction alone. Children on the Temple Hill estate can look forward to new swings, slides and climbing frames in Attlee Drive's playground. The centre also have a playground with swings and slides, which you can use during your visit. Meanwhile in nearby India Street a play area for children up to the age of eight has a slide, roundabout and see-saw. Synonyms water slide, flume, log flume, hydroslide 1.1 A smooth stretch or slope of ice or packed snow for sledding on. Example sentencesExamples The plunge featured a forty-foot-high mass of granite boulders, toboggan slides, waterfalls, and observation decks. Crazy golf is included in the ticket price, the toboggan slides are great fun for kids of all ages and there are other outdoor activities to enjoy in fine weather. Here at the world's largest snow playground, kids and adults can explore ice slides. This fall a toboggan slide will be developed at Hespeler Park. He slid along an icy slide in the manner of a child going home from school. Under the grass, you find a door to winter frosting up through the heat, and a slide of ice to a lake frozen like glass and lit from beneath by the moon. The steep asphalt path at the west end of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey made a splendid toboggan slide, and the invigorating pastime was thoroughly enjoyed. If the snow is wet, its colossal weight can compound the slide's lethal force. The toboggan slide has three individual sliding channels and rubber tubes are provided for the riders. The dramatic rescue unfolded when ice gave way under Nadine as she played with friends on an ice slide at the reservoir at 8pm last Monday. Another time, I remember building a slide out of snow in the backyard with my sister and cousins. It must have been fun creating the ice slide, where we see the animals swirling around on a kind of natural rollercoaster? 2An act of moving along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it. use an ice ax to halt a slide on ice and snow Example sentencesExamples A short walk in the mountains, often in snow drifts up to head height, was followed by a toboggan slide back to Grytviken. Keeping the front wheels pointing in the direction of travel will also aid traction and help prevent a power-sapping slide. Her routine was uninspired writhing and undulating but her pole slide was something that Plato would have written a riddle about. A patch of soft snow stopped my slide and all was quiet. With bowling shoes, you're relying on them to give you a good slide up to the foul line. A lone bolt would halt some of the slide, but not enough to warrant any comfort. what a beautiful way to start a dance, just a slow slide of the toe along glittering black marble. For some reason he doesn't like burnouts, wheelies and handbrake slides into our street. Sasha said little to Hardy, but gazed at him between bumps and slides along the dunes. The slide came, the slope caught them and the wheels came off. Getting there was as wild and uncomfortable as any slide down a slippery slope can be. First thing was how to traverse, followed by slow slides down the beginner slope. Luckily, the plane made a short distance slide on the snow until it crashed against a rock on the mountain. 2.1Baseball A sliding approach to a base along the ground. Example sentencesExamples Headfirst slides on the bases are off limits, as well. There are plenty of movements, like diving catches, double play attempts or slides into bases that look and feel very natural to the game itself. This is bolstered with improved animation, so diving catches and slides into bases, for example, are extremely slick. He helps himself with a good move to first base and a quick slide step. That's a solid double and a hard slide into third base. 3A decline in value or quality. the current slide in house prices Example sentencesExamples Results released over the last two quarters, particularly in the United States indicate that credit quality is on the slide. It looked like another slide down the slippery slope of mediocrity for the Woodman. Unless scientists and teachers can re-establish a sense of science as a progressive social project, we will not be able to halt the slide. And who knows how many Christians he is putting on a slippery slide of unbelief concerning the clear written Word of God? Contributing to the current slide are some of the older more established technology and telecommunications names. As Sydney sees another film festival opening, Australia needs to learn the lessons from abroad to halt the slide of its industry It felt like part of a long, long slide down that slippery slope of obsolescence. Surely this calls for a return to physical discipline to halt the endless slide into an unmanageable society. But the stock slide has slashed the value of his original investment by two-thirds. Similarly, when the rates rise and the housing markets cool and the demand for lumber falls, the provincial government can do little to halt the slide. What churches need, it seems, is a radical makeover to halt the slide and make them more appealing, attractive and entertaining to an increasingly sceptical population. To erase the distinction appears to have been a moral gain, rather than a slide down the slope. Their enduring commitment to civil society, interfaith dialogue and secular education has helped halt the slide to conservatism. The resulting confusion has led many great Christian leaders down a slippery slide into unbelief. However, once you start dwelling on exact and exhaustive definitions you inevitably go down a slippery slide of uncertain meanings. Once a school started down the slippery slope toward liberalism, nothing could stop its full slide to perdition. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for things to begin the slippery slide into mediocrity before plunging off a precipice into idiocy. The general view is that investors want to see more certainty on the US situation before the dollar can be expected to halt the present slide. Instantly, and curiously, the slide was halted. Instead, Reid has been been given more time to halt the slide. Synonyms fall, decline, drop, slump, tumble, downturn, downswing 4A part of a machine or musical instrument that slides. Example sentencesExamples At first he merely toyed with the instrument, running a slide up and down and picking out series of notes almost like scales. An optional stainless steel slide will soon be available at a small additional charge. The slide is a smooth satin black, with almost all of its corners rounded. That makes it much easier for older shooters, or those with small hands or slender wrists, to operate its slide. A shortened and flared slide stop release lever seems like a luxury, and you may be right. The remainder of the stainless steel slide has a fine matte finish. Guys may buy something too hard-kicking, too sharp-edged or with springs so strong that the women can't operate the slides. Just make sure the operating slide or slides are not bent. There's no slop, no shake, and the slide travels along the frame ways slick as greased ball bearings. Since the hammer has to move for the slide to operate, everything is under control. He removes just enough material to smooth the slide, but not enough to weaken it structurally. This lube is for slides, rails, bushings - anywhere you need good lube to migrate. His dark hair fell into his eyes as he looked down the slide of his instrument, inspecting the dent that his fall had put in it the day before. The slide stop lever rests above the upper left-hand grip panel. 4.1 The place on a machine or instrument where a sliding part operates. Example sentencesExamples It can also attach to tripod via a quick-release slide. The tooling is mounted on arms that are attached to slides, as well. 4.2 Slide guitar. I'd been playing slide for years Example sentencesExamples But the delivery sells it, and a song that opens with a descending chromatic wail and psychedelic wah-wah slide is just a bit much. Tinny acoustic plucks, triangle tinkles, and a later-arriving electric slide accent the point. Brokaw's slide and finger plucks should especially interest fans of M. Ward and, more so, John Fahey. I'd never seen a guitarist doing slide work in music this heavy before and I was blown away. Clive is a master on lap slide, 6 and 12 string guitars, as well as being a considerable singer/songwriter in his own right. With the bass player and second guitarist supplying harmony vocals, and some fine slide playing from aforesaid guitarist, these guys got the job done. He uses shadowy ghostings of pedal steel or slide blues tonality, though there are no bottlenecks in sight. In 1953, Honeyboy moved to Chicago where he remains today as one of as one of the city's best slide guitarists. Then Handy describes the guitarist playing slide, fretting his instrument with a knife. 5A rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope. Example sentencesExamples When imaging liposome attachment and coalescence to a clean surface, the slides were affixed to a magnetic disk and placed directly into the microscope. As for the former problem, it is easy to demonstrate the characteristic filling from the central vessel in a spider by compressing it with your fingertip or a glass microscope slide to empty the spider and then watching it fill. The negative feedback current (approach curve) was obtained by moving the tip towards a glass microscope slide. The slides were packed in light-tight boxes containing desiccant and refrigerated for 14 days. The measurements are performed in vitro, with a DNA construction anchored between a glass microscope slide and a silica bead. The right wing of each male was mounted on a microscope slide and photographed with a digital camera through a stereoscopic microscope at a magnification of 40x. A wire hoop was placed inside each bag to prevent the fabric bags from coming into contact with the surface of the slides. The third leg was removed with a fine probe, mounted on a microscope slide, and examined with phase microscopy. Fifty microliters were placed into a 5 mm BTX fusion chamber consisting of a microscope slide and two platinum wires. The entire well of the microscope slide was examined under low power. The wing is resting on a glass microscope slide but is not in mounting media. Two Pt electrodes separated by 1.1 cm were attached to a glass microscope slide, and the space between the electrodes was filled with the cell suspension. In our experiment, both surfaces (the slide and the bead) are prepared with a protein monolayer adsorbed. DNA microarrays consisting of thousands of individual gene sequences can be printed in a high density format on a glass microscope slide or deposited on a miniature matrix by a photolithographic process. A robotic instrument can apply to a single glass microscope slide a representative piece of every one of the 6,100 genes present in the yeast genome. Aged pupae were washed, dried, and then attached to a microscope slide with double-stick tape. The machine then applies a thin, even layer of cells to a microscope slide for examination. One wing was dissected from each of 10 flies of each sex from each of three independent vials and mounted carefully under a glass coverslip on a microscope slide. The intensity of the evanescent wave created at the bottom of the flow cell decays exponentially with the distance from the slide's surface. A collection of software programs was developed to integrate off-the-shelf hardware components from a variety of vendors to capture, archive, and display images from a microscope slide. 5.1 A mounted transparency, especially one placed in a projector for viewing on a screen. as modifier a slide show Example sentencesExamples Light conditions occasionally were less than ideal which particularly affected the quality of the color slides. Other drawings and photographs, projected as slides or mounted on easels, picked out details of the city, highlighting the jumble of old and new. His slide programs were legendary and not merely because of the quality of his slides. Thus, in this room right now, we are converting electrical energy into light energy in the projector that is beaming images from my slides to the screen before you. The class began their research by viewing slides and taking a trip to the library. By chance, I found the little processing ‘darkroom’ for those slides at a local thrift store. Called a DNA microarray, it relied on the laws of nature, meaning that any virus applied to the slide would gravitate toward a like virus. A slide projection on view, incorporating found and original photographs, was intended to be shown during dance performances. Nowadays I use color images from digital cameras as well as scans from slides, and the negatives print much more predictably. Yes, I think the report rather than the slides is a better way of setting up the structure that we have used. Nuclei labeling was homogenous within a cyst, but labeling intensity varied between cysts, depending on the slide quality. With slide film, use your camera's exposure-compensation feature to underexpose by a half or a full stop for more saturated color bands. The high quality of the slides will ensure a reasonable lecture. Their exhibition features 260 prints taken in the last three years, along with slides to be shown every Saturday afternoon for the duration of the exhibition. You can also use the StarOffice Navigator to view and select specific slides in the show. As the cells matured they fell off the slide and settled in the bottom of the jar. At the benefit, he didn't pitch JWM directly, but showed a slide giving his e-mail address and phone number. The easiest way is to print the image on a transparency slide (the ones normally used for an overhead projector) with a laser printer. In addition, there are two extended slide packs, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, containing 12 slides. The high quality of my slides took me by surprise. Synonyms transparency, diapositive, mount 6A sandal or light shoe without a back. Phrases let something slide Negligently allow something to deteriorate. Papa had let the business slide after Mama's death Example sentencesExamples I have to find/make friends and maintain relationships, not letting them slide because ‘we won't be here for long‘. At times, it might seem easier to just let things slide but, if you make that a pattern, you're denying your own feelings - not a good thing. Keith, who could get a chimpanzee to hit a flawless shot, noticed I had let my grip slide. Once they've enjoyed their neighborhoods in this way, it's almost cruel to let things slide back to the way they were. Unfortunately, he has let things slide; he has allowed the laws against immorality to become a dead letter, and the Viennese to do very much as they please. And it's up to them to embrace that rather than letting it slide. As many of you know, they cannot let a snide comment slide; they cannot turn the other cheek and allow the lecture, talk, forum or film to progress. I just started letting shots slide away and once I'd made one or two on the trot it was difficult to stop making bogies. Republicans seem to know when to let subjects slide. Trusting in them, I let things slide until sometime around the 10th, at which point my mother begins to worry that the computer will not arrive in time for Christmas. Synonyms neglect, pay little attention to, pay no attention to, not attend to, be remiss about, be lax about, shirk, skimp on, let something go downhill, let something go to seed Origin Old English slīdan (verb); related to sled and sledge. The noun, first in the sense ‘act of sliding’, is recorded from the late 16th century. verb.1 phr.
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