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Is slide a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word slide is a Scrabble US word. The word slide is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is slide a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word slide is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (10 found)

DEILS,DELIS,DIELS,EILDS,IDLES,ISLED,SIDLE,SIELD,SILED,SLIDE,

4-letter words (22 found)

DEIL,DELI,DELS,DESI,DIEL,DIES,EILD,ELDS,IDES,IDLE,ISLE,LEIS,LIDS,LIED,LIES,SEIL,SELD,SIDE,SILD,SILE,SLED,SLID,

3-letter words (18 found)

DEI,DEL,DIE,DIS,EDS,ELD,ELS,IDE,IDS,LED,LEI,LES,LID,LIE,LIS,SED,SEI,SEL,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ES,ID,IS,LI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 60 words from slide according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of slide

slide

English

Etymology

From Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan (“to slide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German slītan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German slīden (“to slide”), Middle Dutch slīden (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit स्रेधति (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

slide (third-person singular simple present slides, present participle sliding, simple past slid, past participle slid or slidden)

  1. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
  2. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
  3. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
  4. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
    Synonym: slip
  5. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
  6. (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
  7. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
  8. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
  9. (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
    Synonym: slip
  10. (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
  11. (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
    Synonyms: toboggan, sled
  12. (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
  13. (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: スライド (suraido)

Translations

Noun

slide (plural slides)

  1. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
    Synonyms: slippery dip, slippery slide
  2. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
  3. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
  4. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
  5. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
  6. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
  7. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
  8. Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
  9. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
  10. (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
  11. (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
  12. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
  13. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
  14. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
  15. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
  16. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
  17. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
  18. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
  19. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
  20. A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
  21. (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
  22. (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
  23. (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.

Synonyms

  • (item of play equipment): slippery dip
  • (inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity): chute
  • (mechanism of a part which slides on or against a guide): runner
  • (open-toe backless sandal): slider

Hyponyms

  • helter-skelter

Derived terms

  • (transparent plate bearing an image): slide projector, slide viewer

Descendants

  • → Czech: slajd
  • → Japanese: スライド (suraido)
  • → Persian: اسلاید (eslâyd)
  • → Polish: slajd
  • → Portuguese: slide

Translations

Anagrams

  • Diels, delis, Sidle, isled, sidle, leids, sleid, Seidl, siled, idles, Lides

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną, cognate with Swedish slita, English slit, German schleißen, Dutch slijten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsliːðə]

Verb

slide (imperative slid, infinitive at slide, present tense slider, past tense sled, perfect tense har slidt)

  1. labour; work hard
  2. chafe

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslɑi̯d(i)/, [ˈs̠lɑ̝i̯d(i)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑid(i)

Noun

slide

  1. alternative form of slaidi

Middle English

Verb

slide

  1. alternative form of sliden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English slide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɑɪ̯d/

Noun

slide m (definite singular sliden, indefinite plural slides, definite plural slidesene)

  1. (photography) a slide, diapositive
  2. a slide (frame in a slideshow)

References

  • “slide” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “slide” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English slide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɑɪ̯d/

Noun

slide m (plural sliden)

  1. (photography) a slide, diapositive
  2. a slide (frame in a slideshow)

References

  • “slide” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “slide”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsliː.de/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsli.de/

Verb

slīde

  1. inflection of slīdan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Verb

slide

  1. inflection of slīdan:
    1. second-person singular preterite indicative
    2. singular preterite subjunctive

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slide.

Pronunciation

Noun

slide m (plural slides)

  1. slide (transparent image for projecting)
    Synonyms: transparência, diapositivo
  2. slide (a frame in a slideshow)
  3. (music) slide (device for playing slide guitar)
  4. (music) slide (guitar technique where the player moves finger up or down the fretboard)

Source: wiktionary.org