slide

n 1: flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be

mounted for microscopic study

2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or

snow etc.

3: rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist

was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: {swoop}]

4: a sloping chute down which children can slide

5: the act of sliding or gliding [syn: {glide}]

6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide

projector [syn: {lantern slide}]

7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: {chute},

{sloping trough}]

v 1: slide sideways [syn: {skid}, {slip}, {slue}, {slew}]

2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly: "They slid

through the wicket in the big gate," [syn: {slither}]

3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to

the other gambler"