Definition: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
Usage: his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill; the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
Similar words: motion, move, movement
Definition: the act of changing location from one place to another
Usage: police controlled the motion of the crowd; the movement of people from the farms to the cities; his move put him directly in my path
Synonyms: chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough
Definition: sloping channel through which things can descend
Definition: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
Synonyms: slide, lantern slide
Definition: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
Similar words: foil, transparency
Definition: picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
Synonyms: microscope slide, slide
Definition: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
Similar words: plate glass, sheet glass
Definition: glass formed into large thin sheets
Synonyms: slide, sliding board, playground slide
Definition: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
Definition: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
Usage: the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
Similar words: glissando
Definition: a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
Synonyms: slide
Definition: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
Similar words: descent
Definition: a movement downward
Synonyms: skid, slew, slide, slip, slue
Definition: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Usage: the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Similar words: glide
Definition: move smoothly and effortlessly
Definition: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
Usage: They slid through the wicket in the big gate
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Synonyms: slide
Definition: move smoothly along a surface
Usage: He slid the money over to the other gambler
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant