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Definition of "slide" []

  • To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact. (verb-intransitive)
  • To coast on a slippery surface, such as ice or snow. (verb-intransitive)
  • To pass smoothly and quietly; glide: slid past the door without anyone noticing. (verb-intransitive)
  • To go unattended or unacted upon: Let the matter slide. (verb-intransitive)
  • To lose a secure footing or positioning; shift out of place; slip: slid on the ice and fell. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "slide" in a sentence
  • "* A mountain "slide" is sometimes (as in the case of the famous slide at Alpnacht) a scientifically constructed incline paved with pine-trunks, down which the felled timber from the upper forests is shot into the valley without the labour and expense of transport."
  • "When the title slide comes up, we are all expecting the T-man himself to come out and share some pointers about putting."
  • "In November, as I reviewed the PowerPoint slides before I presented, I remember going back to the title slide, and removing the references to my doctorates."