Meaning & Definition of Slide in English

1. A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

2. (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

3. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

• "The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"

4. Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

5. 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"

6. A transparency mounted in a frame

• Viewed with a slide projector

7. Sloping channel through which things can descend

1. Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

• "The wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

2. To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

• "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

3. Move smoothly along a surface

• "He slid the money over to the other gambler"