slide
To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
Verb 4 meanings
To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
“He slid the boat across the grass.”
To move on a low-friction surface.
“The car slid on the ice.”
To drop down and skid into a base.
“Jones slid into second.”
To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
“He slid while going around the corner.”
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃sléydʰeti, from *h₃sleydʰ- (“slippery”) + *-eti.
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SLIDE at a glance
SLIDE has 5 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + L 1 + I 1 + D 2 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,253 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with slide
All rhymesOne letter away
- SLICE7
- SLIME7
- GLIDE7
- SLADE6
- SNIDE6
- ELIDE6
- SLIVE8
- SPIDE8
- SLIPE7
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