slide

slide
[[t]sla͟ɪd[/t]]
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slides, sliding, slid
1) V-ERG When something slides somewhere or when you slide it there, it moves there smoothly over or against something.

[V n with adj] She slid the door open...

[V n prep/adv] I slid the wallet into his pocket...

[V prep/adv] Tears were sliding down his cheeks. [Also V]

2) VERB If you slide somewhere, you move there smoothly and quietly.

[V prep/adv] He slid into the driver's seat...

[V prep/adv] `Nice meeting you, Zoe,' I said and slid off.

3) VERB To slide into a particular mood, attitude, or situation means to gradually start to have that mood, attitude, or situation often without intending to.

[V into n] She had slid into a depression...

[V into n] He needs them to stop the country sliding into chaos.

Syn:
4) VERB If currencies or prices slide, they gradually become worse or lower in value. [JOURNALISM]

The US dollar continued to slide...

[V prep/adv] The upset sent share prices sliding to their lowest level for almost 18 months...

[V amount] Shares slid 11p to 293p after brokers downgraded their profit estimates...

[V from/to/by amount] Its share slid from 24.24 per cent to 22.17 per cent.

N-COUNT
Slide is also a noun.

...the dangerous slide in oil prices.

5) N-COUNT A slide is a small piece of photographic film which you project onto a screen so that you can see the picture.

...a slide show.

6) N-COUNT A slide is a piece of glass on which you put something that you want to examine through a microscope.
7) N-COUNT A slide is a piece of playground equipment that has a steep slope for children to slide down for fun.
8) PHRASE: let inflects If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it.

The company had let environmental standards slide.


English dictionary. 2008.

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