All slide synonyms
slide
S s noun slide
- nosedive β a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- downturn β an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- avalanche β An avalanche is a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
- drop-off β a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- close-up β the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
- cave-in β a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- falloff β a decline in quantity, vigor, etc.
- cavein β a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- microfilm β a film bearing a miniature photographic copy of printed or other graphic matter, usually of a document, newspaper or book pages, etc., made for a library, archive, or the like.
- close up β If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
verb slide
- worming β Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- dancing β When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
- locomoting β to move about, especially under one's own power.
- lurk β lurking
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- zigzagged β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- get out of β extricate oneself from
- darked β having very little or no light: a dark room.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- give the slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- detrain β to leave or cause to leave a railway train, as passengers, etc
- flow β to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- freewheel β a device in the transmission of a motor vehicle that automatically disengages the drive shaft whenever it begins to turn more rapidly than the engine.
- lollygag β lallygag.
- freewheeling β operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- drop off β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- detraining β to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- mucking β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- disimprove β (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- glide β to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
- lose it β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- zigzagging β Present participle of zigzag.
- lollygagging β lallygag.
- hit the skids β get into difficulties
- glance β to look quickly or briefly.
- go downhill β travel down a slope
- coast β The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
- exudate β An exuded substance, in particular.