slide

Meanings

• a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
• (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
• (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
  • "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
• plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
• 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"
• a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
• sloping channel through which things can descend
• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
• to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
• move smoothly along a surface

Synonyms

chute, coast, glide, lantern slide, microscope slide, playground slide, skid, slew, slideway, sliding board, slip, slither, sloping trough, slue, swoop