: the descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountainside
b
: a dislocation in which one rock mass in a mining lode has slid on another : fault
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a(1)
: a slippery surface for coasting
(2)
: a chute with a slippery bed down which children slide in play
b
: a channel or track on which something is slid
c
: a sloping trough down which objects are carried by gravity
a log slide
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a
: a flat piece of glass or plastic on which an object is mounted for microscopic examination
b(1)
: a photographic transparency on a small plate or film mounted for projection
(2)
: an electronic image presented as a part of a series
Kyle Patterson, the city's enterprise data strategist, flashed a series of PowerPoint slides with graphs of percentage growth since 1970. Maria L. La Ganga
Verb The door slides open easily. The firefighters slid down the pole to their trucks. He slid the bottle across the table. Slide your finger along the seam. She slid the paper under the door. He slid across the ice. Cars were slipping and sliding all over the roads during the snowstorm. Her purse slid out of her hands. The strap of her dress kept sliding down. She slid into the booth beside us. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
As each stone is pushed toward the house, teammates aggressively sweep the ice ahead of it with a broom, allowing the rock to slide farther.Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Shortly after, Strothers appeared to pull the gun slide back while it was still wrapped in the shirt. Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 That could allow a cooler air to slide down from Canada, through the Northwestern states and into the Rockies. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022 Fumbling around with loose cables behind the wheel or having your phone slip and slide around the console is dangerous while driving. Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2022 This allows the inner and outer layers to slide against each other to help prevent blisters. Matt Jancer, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2022 Watch the center square light up, then flip or slide the blocks on each side to match the color. Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022 Some of these cracks fill with magma, which can eventually erupt, whereas others allow chunks of crust to slide past one another, leading to earthquakes. Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022 Wear yours solo or layered over a T-shirt and finish with sneakers, clogs, or slide sandals on casual days. Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Aug. 2022
Noun
Louisville avoided an early season slide by escaping Orlando with a 20-14 win over Central Florida in Week 2. Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 15 Sep. 2022 Danny and Cayla finish their slide puzzle first, getting five points each. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022 The 3,000-person company has built up that valuation over the past decade through design products users rely on to create Instagram graphics, slide decks, and more. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022 Marlow, a new brand from PEOPLE editor favorite bedding company Brooklinen, has solved the guesswork with the slide of a zipper. Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2022 Since taking the reins in July 2021, CEO Andy Jassy has been seeking to reverse the earnings slide by streamlining the company’s retail operations and closing distribution facilities. Allysia Finley, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022 Refresh your hairdo by slicking your edges back with edge control (see next slide) or take your baby hairs and design swirls along your hairline like baby hair queen FKA Twigs. Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 10 Sep. 2022 One presentation slide showed that the number of Black students passing an advanced math class had increased from eleven per cent to forty-two per cent—an extraordinary change. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2022 Crews have studied continued slide activity along the roadway and repair recommendations include regrading and realignment of the roadway near Double Gate.oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old English slīdan; akin to Middle High German slīten to slide