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- Dictionaryslide/slīd/
verb
- 1. move along a smooth surface while maintaining continuous contact with it: "she slid down the bank into the water" Similar
noun
- 1. a structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down: "Anna played on the slide"
- 2. an 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"
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The meaning of SLIDE is to move smoothly along a surface : slip. How to use slide in a sentence.
to ( cause to) move easily and without interruption over a surface: When I was little I used to like sliding on the polished floor in my socks. We have one of those doors in the kitchen that slides open. He slid the letter into his pocket while no one was looking.
To slide is to move down or across something in a smooth way. If you’re into that kind of thing, head to a playground and go down a slide. Just don’t push any toddlers out of the way. You can slide your bed across your room so it's near the window, or slide on the kitchen floor in your socks.
a. To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact. b. To participate in a sport that involves such movement: sliding for a medal in luge. c. To lose a secure footing or positioning; slip: slid on the ice and fell. d. To pass smoothly and quietly; glide: slid past the door without anyone noticing. e.
slide suggests a movement of one surface over another in contact with it: to slide downhill. glide suggests a continuous, smooth, easy, and (usually) noiseless motion: a skater gliding over the ice. To slip is to slide in a sudden or accidental way: to slip on the ice and fall.
to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill. Synonyms: slither. to slip or skid. to glide or pass smoothly. to slip easily, quietly, or unobtrusively on or as if on a track, channel, or guide rail (usually followed by in, out, away, etc.).
Noun. Adjective. Idiom. Filter. verb. slid, slides, sliding. To move along in constant frictional contact with some surface or substance. Windows that slide open. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To move in this manner on a sled, the feet, etc. in contact with a smooth surface, esp. snow or ice. Webster's New World.
Definition of slide verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SLIDE definition: 1. to move smoothly over a surface, or to make something move smoothly over a surface: 2. to move…. Learn more.
Definition of slide noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
