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Definition of slide:
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide 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" a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector sloping channel through which things can descend move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler" |