Slide Synonyms & Definitions

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• SlideDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
2. (n.) The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
3. (n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.
4. (n.) Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
5. (n.) The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
6. (n.) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.
7. (v. t.) Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.
8. (n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
9. (v. t.) To pass out of ones thought as not being of any consequence.
10. (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
11. (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress.
12. (v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
13. (n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.
14. (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.
15. (v. t.) To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
16. (n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.
17. (v. t.) To pass inadvertently.
18. (n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
19. (v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
20. (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountains side.
21. (n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.
22. (v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
23. (n.) That which operates by sliding.
24. (n.) That on which anything moves by sliding.
25. (v. t.) To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
26. (n.) A slide valve.

• SlidegroatDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The game of shovelboard.