slide
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1.0
- noun
- /slaɪd/
- University of Arizona President Peter Likins told us in early 2005 that it is a gradual slide toward privatization.
- slide to the floor
- long slide
- slow slide
Examples
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She gave a quick slide presentation about her recent trip to France.
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The order of the slides was not changed for either group during the study.
Academic text (1990) -
Just a quick slide here on the handling of errors.
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Mellie had to lean to get it without letting the file she was sitting on slide to the floor.
Fiction book (1992) -
The children took turns going down the slide at the playground.
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During the winter, we enjoyed watching the slide of snow down the hill.
Synonyms
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3.4
A smooth, continuous movement, for example by a skater or a glider
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3.5
A smooth, easy movement along a surface, often downhill
Antonyms
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
1
3.3
A small flat piece of glass that holds a thin sample for a microscope
- Specialized
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3.9
A set of two strips with teeth and a moving piece that closes jackets or bags
- Archaic
1
7.9
A small glass picture in a frame that you show on a screen with a projector
- Specialized
1
8.1
A part of a shotgun you move back and forth to eject and load shells for the next shot
- Specialized
1
7.7
A device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas by sliding over an opening
A small portable tool with sliding parts for quick calculations or finding information
How Smooth
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Slide as the act of moving smoothly along a surface comes from the same old word for 'to glide' or 'slip', and so the noun simply names that action. That's why a slide describes the movement itself.