slide

Noun

• sloping channel through which things can descend

• a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

• the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
  • his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill
    
  • the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
    

• plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

• (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
  • the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
    

• (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

• a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

Verb

• move smoothly along a surface
  • He slid the money over to the other gambler
    

• to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
  • They slid through the wicket in the big gate
    

• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
  • the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chute , slideway , sloping trough , lantern slide , glide , coast , playground slide , sliding board , swoop , microscope slide , slither , skid , slip , slue , slew