slide
/slaɪd/
verb
- To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it.
- She slid the book across the table to her friend.
- The car slid on the icy road and nearly hit a tree.
- The children love to slide down the hill on their sleds.
- To move quietly or without being noticed.
- He tried to slide out of the room before anyone saw him.
- She slid into the back row of the theater just as the movie started.
- The cat slid through the open door without making a sound.
- To gradually become worse or decline in quality or condition.
- Without proper maintenance, the building began to slide into disrepair.
- The company's profits have been sliding for three months.
- His grades started to slide after he stopped studying.
noun
- A structure with a smooth, sloping surface for children to play on, or a similar smooth surface for sliding.
- The playground has a tall red slide that the kids love.
- The water slide at the pool is very fast and fun.
- She went down the slide at the park three times in a row.
- A single image in a presentation or a transparent photograph for a projector.
- I need to add more pictures to my slide show.
- The teacher showed a slide of a butterfly on the screen.
- He prepared ten slides for his science presentation.
- A small piece of glass used to hold a specimen for a microscope.
- The scientist placed a drop of pond water on a slide.
- We looked at onion cells under the microscope using a glass slide.
- She cleaned the slide carefully before putting it away.
- A sudden drop or fall, especially of earth, snow, or rock down a slope.
- A rock slide made the mountain trail dangerous to hike.
- The avalanche was a massive slide of snow and ice.
- The heavy rain caused a mud slide that blocked the road.