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(noun) the act of sliding or gliding |
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Synonyms: glide |
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Related Words: motion, move, movement, sideslip, skid, slip |
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(verb) move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler" |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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(noun) a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector |
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Synonyms: lantern slide |
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Related Words: foil, transparency |
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(noun) flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study |
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Related Words: plate |
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(noun) a sloping chute down which children can slide |
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Related Words: plaything, toy |
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(noun) (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. |
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Related Words: avalanche, descent, landslide, landslip |
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(verb) to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly: "They slid through the wicket in the big gate," |
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Synonyms: slither |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(noun) sloping channel through which things can descend |
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Synonyms: chute, sloping trough |
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Related Words: coal chute, gutter, trough, water chute |
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(noun) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" |
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Synonyms: swoop |
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Related Words: glissando |
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(verb) slide sideways |
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Synonyms: skid, slew, slip, slue |
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Related Words: glide, side-slip, skid |
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