slide
/ˈslaɪ̯d/ noun A2- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. · The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche. · The slide closed the highway.
- 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, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide. · On many semiautomatic pistols, the barrel is beneath the slide.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress. · a slide on the ice
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
Plural slides
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left us in pitch darkness—such an absolute darkness as I have never before experienced.
"It was so big a chance that I just let my legal practice slide and I set forth looking for Garridebs.
The cabinet under the window sticks, so don't force it; lift the door slightly and it will slide right open.
Borrowing equipment from other countries, the Jamaicans prepared to slide down the dangerous track.
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