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KK Pronunciation

〔 slaId 〕

Pronunciation

〔 slaid 〕


Overview of noun slide

The noun slide has 7 senses


  • slide, microscope slide -- (a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study)

  • slide -- ((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.)

  • swoop, slide -- ((music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides")

  • slide, playground slide, sliding board -- (plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide)

  • 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")

  • slide, lantern slide -- (a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector)

  • chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough -- (sloping channel through which things can descend)


Overview of verb slide

The verb slide has 3 senses


  • skid, slip, slue, slew, slide -- (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk")

  • slither, slide -- (to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate")

  • slide -- (move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler")