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noun
  1. A toy for children where they climb up and then slide, glide down again.
The long, red was great fun for the kids.
  1. The event of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones moving down the slope of a hill or from a mountain.
The closed the highway.
  1. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
  2. A valve that works by sliding such as in a trombone.
  3. A transparent image, to be projected to a screen.
  4. (baseball) The act of droping down and skidding into a base
Translations:
  • Dutch: dia , slide
  • French: diapo, diapositive
  • German: Dia , Klarsichtfolie
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: diapositiva
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, in baseball)
verb (slides, sliding, slid)
  1. (transitive) To cause to move in continuous contact with a surface
He slid the boat across the grass.
  1. (intransitive) To move in continuous contact with a surface.
The safe slid slowly.
  1. (intransitive) To move on a low friction surface.
The car slid on the ice.
  1. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
Jones slid into second.
  1. (intransitive) To lose one"s balance on a slippery surface.
He slid while going around the corner.
  1. (intransitive) To let pass without action.
''The administrator let the minor infraction with only a disapproving look.
Translations:
  • Dutch: uitglijden
  • French: glisser
  • German: ausrutschen
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: resbalar
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, to let pass)
  • Italian: scivolare
Etymology: slÄdan

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