slide
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1.0
- noun
- /slaɪd/
:
tobogán
- And by the way, no one is to slide down the slide.
Then I got Karen over here who's sliding down the slide.
- Then I got Karen over here who's sliding down the slide.
Examples
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The fenced-in backyard is a child's paradise with slides, swings, and an assortment of riding toys.
Fiction book (1994) -
And they just finished building our brand-new slide.
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There's still kids going down those slides!
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It's practically a kiddie slide.
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Veronica giggled, and then triumphantly marched over to the spiral slide and climbed up again.
Fiction book (1992) -
The children enjoyed playing on the slide at the playground.
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At the carnival, we rode the slide that spiraled down into a pool of water.
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The new jungle gym features a tall slide that children can race down.
Synonyms
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4.2
A sloping passage like a slide that lets people or things go down
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1.0
A long smooth slide with water that people ride into a pool
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8.3
A slanted channel that lets things slide down by gravity
A smooth sloping surface children go down at playgrounds
A smooth sloping surface at a playground for children to go down
A sloping slide with flowing water that people go down into a pool
Idioms
Lose earlier progress quickly and go back to a worse situation
Compounds
- Archaic
5
8.5
A long thin tool with sliding scales that people use to do quick math before calculators
- Specialized
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3.3
A small flat piece of glass that holds a thin sample for a microscope
- Specialized
1
3.9
A set of two strips with teeth and a moving piece that closes jackets or bags
- Archaic
A small glass picture in a frame that you show on a screen with a projector
- Specialized
A part of a shotgun you move back and forth to eject and load shells for the next shot
A small portable tool with sliding parts for quick calculations or finding information
- Specialized
A device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas by sliding over an opening
How Steep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Slide for the playground comes from the verb 'to slide' — it is literally the thing you go down by sliding, a smooth ramp for moving from top to bottom. That's why a slide makes it easy to move quickly and smoothly.