Usually means: Smooth movement along a surface.
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General (31 matching dictionaries)
  1. slide: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. slide: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slide: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slide: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slide: Vocabulary.com
  6. Slide, slide: Wordnik
  7. slide: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. slide: Wiktionary
  9. slide: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. slide: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. slide: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. slide: Dictionary.com
  13. slide (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. slide: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Slide (Calvin Harris song), Slide (EP), Slide (French Montana song), Slide (Goo Goo Dolls song), Slide (H.E.R. song), Slide (Slave song), Slide (TV series), Slide (album), Slide (baseball), Slide (footwear), Slide (form), Slide (geography), Slide (guitar technique), Slide (hoverboard), Slide (motion), Slide (musical ornament), Slide (skateboarding), Slide (song), Slide (tune type), Slide (wind instrument), Slide, The Slide: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Slide: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. slide: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. slide: Rhymezone
  19. slide: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. slide: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. slide: Free Dictionary
  22. slide: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. slide: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. slide: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. slide: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. slide: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  3. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. slide: Legal dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Slide: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Webopedia (No longer online)
  3. Slide (dance): Encyclopedia
  4. slide: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. slide: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SLIDE: Acronym Finder
  3. slide: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Slide (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. slide, slide: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. slide: The Folk File
  4. The Slide, slide: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Slide: Sports Definitions

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Slide: Nikonians Photo Glossary
  3. Glossary of Film/Video Terms (No longer online)
  4. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  5. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
verb:  (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
verb:  (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
verb:  (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
verb:  (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
verb:  (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
verb:  (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
verb:  (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
verb:  (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
verb:  (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
verb:  (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
noun:  An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
noun:  A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
noun:  The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
noun:  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.
noun:  A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
noun:  The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
noun:  A lever that can be moved in two directions.
noun:  Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”)
noun:  A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
noun:  (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
noun:  (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
noun:  (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
noun:  (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
noun:  (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
noun:  (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
noun:  (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
noun:  (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
noun:  (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
noun:  A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
noun:  A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
noun:  (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
noun:  (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
noun:  (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.

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