slide
♦ slide /sl'aɪd/ (slides sliding slid)
1 [VERB] V n with adj, V n prep/adv, V prep/adv
When something slides somewhere or when you slide it there, it moves there smoothly over or against something.
She slid the door open...
I slid the wallet into his pocket...
Tears were sliding down his cheeks.
2 [VERB] V prep/adv
If you slide somewhere, you move there smoothly and quietly.
He slid into the driver's seat...
3 [VERB] V into n
To slide into a particular mood, attitude, or situation means to gradually start to have that mood, attitude, or situation often without intending to.
She had slid into a depression...
= slip
4 [VERB] V, V amount
If currencies or prices slide, they gradually become worse or lower in value. (JOURNALISM)
The US dollar continued to slide...
Shares slid 11p to 293p after brokers downgraded their profit estimates...
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Slide is also a noun.
...the dangerous slide in oil prices.
5 [N-COUNT]
A slide is a small piece of photographic film which you project onto a screen so that you can see the picture.
...a slide show.
6 [N-COUNT]
A slide is a piece of glass on which you put something that you want to examine through a microscope.
7 [N-COUNT]
A slide is a piece of playground equipment that has a steep slope for children to go down for fun.
8 [PHRASE] let inflects
If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it.
The company had let environmental standards slide.slide rule (slide rules)
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A slide rule is an instrument that you use for calculating numbers. It looks like a ruler and has a middle part that slides backwards and forwards.
1 [VERB] V n with adj, V n prep/adv, V prep/adv
When something slides somewhere or when you slide it there, it moves there smoothly over or against something.
She slid the door open...
I slid the wallet into his pocket...
Tears were sliding down his cheeks.
2 [VERB] V prep/adv
If you slide somewhere, you move there smoothly and quietly.
He slid into the driver's seat...
3 [VERB] V into n
To slide into a particular mood, attitude, or situation means to gradually start to have that mood, attitude, or situation often without intending to.
She had slid into a depression...
= slip
4 [VERB] V, V amount
If currencies or prices slide, they gradually become worse or lower in value. (JOURNALISM)
The US dollar continued to slide...
Shares slid 11p to 293p after brokers downgraded their profit estimates...
[N-COUNT]
Slide is also a noun.
...the dangerous slide in oil prices.
5 [N-COUNT]
A slide is a small piece of photographic film which you project onto a screen so that you can see the picture.
...a slide show.
6 [N-COUNT]
A slide is a piece of glass on which you put something that you want to examine through a microscope.
7 [N-COUNT]
A slide is a piece of playground equipment that has a steep slope for children to go down for fun.
8 [PHRASE] let inflects
If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it.
The company had let environmental standards slide.slide rule (slide rules)
[N-COUNT]
A slide rule is an instrument that you use for calculating numbers. It looks like a ruler and has a middle part that slides backwards and forwards.