A Quick and Simple Dictionary

slide

1. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to move in continuous contact with a surface.
2. Verb.  (intransitive) To move in continuous contact with a surface.
3. Verb.  (intransitive) To move on a low friction surface.
4. Verb.  (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
5. Verb.  (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
6. Verb.  (intransitive) To let pass without action.
7. Noun.  A toy for children where they climb up and then slide down again.
8. Noun.  The event of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones moving down the slope of a hill or from a mountain.
9. Noun.  The act of sliding, moving downwards in general.
10. Noun.  A lever that can be moved in two directions.
11. Noun.  A valve that works by sliding such as in a trombone.
12. Noun.  A transparent image, to be projected to a screen.
13. Noun.  (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base.
14. Noun.  (science) A flat, rectangular piece of glass on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope; a microscope slide.
15. Noun.  (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.