Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [slahyd]
- /slaɪd/
- /slaɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [slahyd]
- /slaɪd/
Definitions of slide word
- verb without object slide to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill. 1
- verb without object slide to slip or skid. 1
- verb without object slide to glide or pass smoothly. 1
- verb without object slide to slip easily, quietly, or unobtrusively on or as if on a track, channel, or guide rail (usually followed by in, out, away, etc.). 1
- verb without object slide to pass or fall gradually into a specified state, character, practice, etc. 1
- verb without object slide to decline or decrease: Interest rates are beginning to slide. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of slide
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English sliden (v.), Old English slīdan; cognate with Middle Low German slīden, Middle High German slīten; akin to sled
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Slide
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slide popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
slide usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slide
verb slide
- beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- breeze — A breeze is a gentle wind.
- budge — If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement.
- cataracted — a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
- cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
noun slide
- bottom out — If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
- cave-in — a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- cavein — a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- chute — A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide.
- close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
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