SLIDE (slid, slidden)

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Irregular inflected forms: slid    , slidden   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does slide mean? 

• SLIDE (noun)
  The noun SLIDE has 7 senses:

1. a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

2. (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

3. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

4. plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

5. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

6. a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

7. sloping channel through which things can descend

  Familiarity information: SLIDE used as a noun is common.

• SLIDE (verb)
  The verb SLIDE has 3 senses:

1. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

2. to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

3. move smoothly along a surface

  Familiarity information: SLIDE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

microscope slide; slide

Hypernyms ("slide" is a kind of...):

plate glass; sheet glass (glass formed into large thin sheets)

Meronyms (parts of "slide"):

cover glass; cover slip (a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide)

section (a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("slide" is a kind of...):

descent (a movement downward)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slide"):

avalanche (a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain)

landslide; landslip (a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff)

Derivation:

slide (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

slide; swoop

Context example:

the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides

Hypernyms ("slide" is a kind of...):

glissando (a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Derivation:

slide (move smoothly along a surface)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

playground slide; slide; sliding board

Hypernyms ("slide" is a kind of...):

plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)

Holonyms ("slide" is a part of...):

playground (yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play)

Derivation:

slide (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

coast; glide; slide

Context example:

the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope

Hypernyms ("slide" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slide"):

sideslip; skid; slip (an unexpected slide)

snowboarding (the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard)

Derivation:

slide (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)

slide (move smoothly along a surface)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lantern slide; slide

Hypernyms ("slide" is a kind of...):

foil; transparency (picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector)

Meronyms (parts of "slide"):

positive (a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Sloping channel through which things can descend

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chute; slide; slideway; sloping trough

Hypernyms ("slide" is a kind of...):

gutter; trough (a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater)

Meronyms (parts of "slide"):

skid (one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slide"):

glacier mill; moulin (a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation)

coal chute (a chute for coal)

runway (a chute down which logs can slide)

water chute (chute with flowing water down which toboggans and inner tubes and people slide into a pool)

• SLIDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they slide    ... he / she / it slides   
Past simple: slid   
Past participle: slid   
-ing form: sliding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

skid; slew; slide; slip; slue

Context example:

the wheels skidded against the sidewalk

Hypernyms (to "slide" is one way to...):

glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slide"):

submarine (move forward or under in a sliding motion)

skid (slide without control)

side-slip (slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

slide (the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it)

slide (plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide)

slide ((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.)

slider (a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

slide; slither

Context example:

They slid through the wicket in the big gate

Hypernyms (to "slide" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The girls slide the wooden sticks

Also:

slide by (pass by)

slide down (fall or sink heavily)

Derivation:

slider (someone who races the luge)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move smoothly along a surface

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He slid the money over to the other gambler

Hypernyms (to "slide" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The wooden sticks slide

Derivation:

slide (the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it)

slide ((music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale)

 Context examples 

He had been lying down in an abandon of comfort, but he arose quickly, and, as the man arrived, slid away in true wolf-fashion to the edge of the camp.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Then the three writhed together in a swaying tangle, struggling, sliding, and falling into the arms of their mates on the crosstrees.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Chromatin remodeling machines, such as SWI/SNF complex, alter the structure of the pronucleosome in an ATP-dependent manner, and often cause nucleosome sliding.

(IFN-Beta Enhancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Alleyne sprang to the rope, and sliding swiftly down, soon found himself at its extremity.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Joe slid the money back into his pocket.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left us in pitch darkness—such an absolute darkness as I have never before experienced.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The cells are then placed onto slides by a special machine and examined under a microscope to see if the cells are abnormal.

(liquid-based Pap test, NCI Dictionary)

A slide on which a fixed specimen has been mounted.

(Fixed Slide, NCI Thesaurus)

The HMGA/HMGI(Y)-like domain of Nurf301 facilitates nucleosome sliding.

(NURF, NCI Thesaurus)

I threw my hands up to protect my throat, and the next moment the huge paw had slid down my face and closed over them.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)