slide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Forms: form: slides
Etymology: From Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan (“to slide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German slītan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German slīden (“to slide”), Middle Dutch slīden (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit स्रेधति (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).
Senses: examples: text: The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
synonyms: slippery dip
slippery slide
glosses: An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
examples: text: skimming over the ice[…]It was a good long slide, and there was something in the motion which Mr. Pickwick, who was very cold with standing still, could not help envying.
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “How the Pickwickians Made and Cultivated the Acquaintance of a Couple of Nice Young Men Belonging to One of the Liberal Professions; How They Disported Themselves on the Ice; and How Their Visit Came to a Conclusion”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 312:
glosses: A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
examples: text: The slide closed the highway.
glosses: The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
glosses: An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
examples: text: On many semiautomatic pistols, the barrel is beneath the slide.
glosses: A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
examples: text: a slide on the ice
text: Certainly Kings, that haue Able men of their Nobility, ſhall finde eaſe in imploying them; And a better Slide into their Buſineſſe: For People naturally bend to them, as borne in ſome ſort to Command.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Nobility. XIIII.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 75:
text: Conceptually, this cognitive slide from social to biological was facilitated by the rhetoric of eugenics, which acknowledged few distinctions between the two.
ref: 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 170:
text: But for West Brom it was further evidence they are struggling to arrest a slide down the table where they are now three points above the relegation zone after their sixth loss in seven league matches.
ref: 2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, in BBC:
glosses: The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
glosses: A lever that can be moved in two directions.
glosses: Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
synonyms: word: slider
extra: movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth
glosses: A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
examples: text: Please hire a vendor to put these boxfuls of slides under a scanner and convert them all to digital images.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
examples: text: I still need to prepare some slides for my presentation tomorrow.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
topics: sciences
glosses: A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
topics: entertainment
guitar
lifestyle
music
glosses: A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
topics: dance
dancing
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
music
sports
glosses: A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
glosses: A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
examples: text: The previous year, on November 30, 2023, Mr Brereton was pictured wearing what is known as "pollies" or polyester 'general duty dress', in which he is seen putting new rank slides on an officer's shoulder.
ref: 2025 April 27, Olivia Caisley, “Anti-corruption watchdog boss Paul Brereton's defence links spark concerns”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
glosses: Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.
examples: text: with ten dollars in his slide
glosses: A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
qualifier: footwear
glosses: A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
topics: medicine
sciences
speech-therapy
glosses: A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
glosses: A promiscuous woman, slut.
Synonyms: sense: item of play equipment
word: slippery dip
sense: inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity
word: chute
sense: mechanism of a part which slides on or against a guide
word: runner
word: slider
Hyponyms: helter-skelter
Derived terms: word: slidy
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: book-slide
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word: butter-slide
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word: cover slide
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word: dark slide
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word: death slide
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word: evacuation slide
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word: foefie slide
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word: hairslide
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word: jeu de taquin slide
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word: knee slide
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word: landslide
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word: lantern slide
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word: long run for a short slide
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word: microscope slide
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word: mud slide
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word: mudslide
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word: NOP slide
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word: nose slide
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word: on the slide
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word: pat slide
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word: pick slide
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word: power slide
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word: sandslide
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word: sewer slide
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word: slicky slide
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word: slide action
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word: slidebar
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word: slide-butt
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word: slide deck
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word: slide fastener
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word: slide phone
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word: slide plate
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word: slide projector
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word: slide rest
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word: slide rule
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word: slide scanner
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word: slide-show
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word: slide show
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word: slide-tackle
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word: slide tackle
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word: slide trombone
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word: slide trumpet
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word: slide valve
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word: slide whistle
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word: slip-and-slide
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word: tail slide
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word: toboggan slide
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word: water slide
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word: wheel slide
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word: wheelslide
sense: transparent plate bearing an image
word: slide projector
sense: transparent plate bearing an image
word: slide viewer