Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word slide. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in slide.
Definitions and meaning of slide
slide
Etymology
From Middle Englishsliden, from Old Englishslīdan(“to slide”), from Proto-Germanic*slīdaną(“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European*sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ-(“slippery”). Cognate with Old High Germanslītan(“to slide”) (whence Germanschlittern), Middle Low Germanslīden(“to slide”), Middle Dutchslīden(“to slide”) (whence Dutchslijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskritस्रेधति(srédhati, “to err, blunder”).
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
He slid the boat across the grass.
The safe slid slowly.
Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
The car slid on the ice.
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They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
(intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
Jones slid into second.
(intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
He slid while going around the corner.
(transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question
(intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
Beware thou slide not by it.
(intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
A ship or boat slides through the water.
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Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
(music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
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With good hope let he sorrow slide.
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With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
Derived terms
let slide
Descendants
→ Japanese: スライド(suraido)
Translations
Noun
slide (pluralslides)
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
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The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
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.
A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
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A better slide into their business.
A lever that can be moved in two directions.
A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
(by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
(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.
(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
(music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
(traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
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(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
(clothing) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
(speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
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
Derived terms
hairslide
landslide
mudslide
NOP slide
water slide
(transparent plate bearing an image):slide projector, slide viewer