Definition: 1. A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study. 2. (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. 3. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale. 4. Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide. 5. Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. 6. To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.
Use 'slide' in a sentence:
1. She slid him a sideways glance.
2. The upset sent share prices sliding to their lowest level for almost 18 months.
3. Is there a slide in the park?
4. They were sliding towards bankruptcy.
5. His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition.
6. Let's slide down this grassy slope.
7. Some slide on the snow.
8. There was only a slide.
9. Are there shelves that can slide out?
10. Look at the example on the slide.
11. The economy is on the slide.
12. He needs them to stop the country sliding into chaos.
13. The nation was urged to pull together to avoid a slide into complete chaos.
14. Now, as you recall from the uranium 238 slide, I think the next slide will show it.
15. I can see a slide there.
16. Sarah's hair was out of her face and held back by a hair slide.
17. There's a full keyboard that you can either tap or slide from letter to letter with QuickPath,
18. I want to play on the slide with my friends.
19. I like to play on the slide.
20. My brother likes to slide.
21. Your trunk is like a slide!
22. He is sliding down the slide on the playground.
23. The blue flower is on the slide.
24. What's that under the slide?
25. The company is sliding even deeper into the red.
26. Now he's on the slide.
27. On stage, Michael and his backup dancers could slide their shoes onto small pegs rising from the surface of the stage.
28. The dollar continued to slide.
29. It's fun to slide on the ice.
30. Did she hurt herself on the slide?
31. The company had let environmental standards slide.
32. The car slid into a donga at the side of the road.
33. I watched a slide show.
34. Everything had to be strapped down to stop it from sliding around.
35. We slid down the grassy slope.
36. Look, there wasn't a slide.
37. He got depressed and began to let things slide.
38. Mom, I want to play on a slide.
39. The snail slid slowly down the slide.
40. The windows slide down at the touch of a button.
41. Let's go down the slide.
42. We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground.
43. The car went into a slide on the ice.
44. You have to slide down it.
45. Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.
46. She is on the slide.
47. I can slide, jump, hide and seek.
48. Its share slid from 24.24 per cent to 22.17 per cent.
49. She slid out while no one was looking.
50. Her car went into a slide.
51. The automatic doors slid open.
52. She was sliding into depression.
53. He slid into bed.
54. The man slid the money quickly into his pocket.
55. Shares slid to a 10-year low.
56. Many practitioners have a sliding scale of fees.
57. The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes.
58. Fees are calculated on a sliding scale according to income.
59. The country was sliding into a state of virtual civil war.