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slide
has definitions from the fields of photography,music,fine art,geology
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[ verb ] move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Examples "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" Used in print (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)A news item described the launching of a ship : `` Completing the ceremony , the beautiful movie_star smashed a bottle of champagne over her stern as she slid gracefully down the ways into the sea '' . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)The doors of the D train slid shut , and as I dropped into a seat and , exhaling , looked up across the aisle , the whole aviary in my head burst into song . |
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[ verb ] to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
Synonyms Examples : "They slid through the wicket in the big gate," Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He had crossed the river which now , beyond the woods yonder , was sliding darkly under the mist . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)The covers slid down his skinny neck so I saw his head , fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed , but his face was turned to the wall - there was the pale shadow of his nose on the plaster - and I thought , Well you do n't look much like a pig-drunk bully now . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Above him slid the evasive shadow of a storm_cloud . |
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[ verb ] move smoothly along a surface
Examples "He slid the money over to the other gambler" Used in print (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)She stood_up , pulled the coat from her shoulders and started to slide it off , then let_out a high-pitched scream and I let_out a low-pitched , wobbling sound like a muffler blowing_out . Related terms |
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[ noun ] flat rectangular plate (a piece of glass) on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
Synonyms Used in print (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)The sections were mounted on cold slides smeared with Haupts ' adhesive ( Johansen , 1940 ) in earlier experiments , and in later experiments with a different mixture of the same components reported by Schramm and Rottger ( 1959 ) . The sections were then thawed by placing a finger under the slide and dried under a fan for 30_minutes ; until used they were stored for as_long_as 2 weeks . Related terms |
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[ noun ] plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)The mouth was thin lipped and wide , the long cleft in the upper lip like a slide . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
Examples "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill" "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" Used in print (Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)But the Anniston boy had begun his slide too late . |
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[ noun ] (music,fine art) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
Synonyms Examples "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)The violinist , in particular , is very indulgent with swoops and slides , and his tone is pinched and edgy . |
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[ noun ] (photography) a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
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[ noun ] sloping channel through which things can descend
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