Definition of slide

"slide" in the noun sense

1. slide, microscope slide

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

2. slide

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

3. swoop, slide

music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

"the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

4. slide, playground slide, sliding board

plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

5. slide, glide, coast

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

"his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"

"the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

6. slide, lantern slide

a transparency mounted in a frame viewed with a slide projector

7. chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough

sloping channel through which things can descend

"slide" in the verb sense

1. skid, slip, slue, slew, slide

move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

2. slither, slide

to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

"They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

3. slide

move smoothly along a surface

"He slid the money over to the other gambler"

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Quotations for slide

Suffer no hour to slide by without its due improvement. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

From a common custom of swearing men easily slide into perjury; therefore, if thou wouldst not be perjured, do not use thyself to swear. [ Hierocles ]

There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely wicked; but grows so, either as he holds himself up in virtue, or lets himself slide to viciousness. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

slide in Scrabble®

The word slide is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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slide in Words With Friends™

The word slide is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters slide:

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Words containing the sequence slide

Words that start with slide (6 words)

Word Growth involving slide

Shorter words in slide

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Longer words containing slide

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