Slide - Definition

n 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens
can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: slide,
microscope slide]
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; "the
violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn:
swoop, slide]
4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children
can slide [syn: slide, playground slide, sliding board]
5: 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" [syn: slide, glide, coast]
6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide
projector [syn: slide, lantern slide]
7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn:
chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough]
v 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn:
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]
2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through
the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither, slide]
3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the
other gambler"