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

Synonym(s): microscope_slide

Hypernym(s): plate_glass, sheet_glass

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

Hypernym(s): descent

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

Synonym(s): swoop

Hypernym(s): glissando

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

Synonym(s): playground_slide, sliding_board

Hypernym(s): plaything, toy

· 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"

Synonym(s): glide, coast

Hypernym(s): motion, movement, move

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

Synonym(s): lantern_slide

Hypernym(s): foil, transparency

· sloping channel through which things can descend

Synonym(s): chute, slideway, sloping_trough

Hypernym(s): gutter, trough

· move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

Synonym(s): skid, slip, slue, slew

Hypernym(s): glide

· to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

Synonym(s): slither

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

· move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"

Hypernym(s): move, displace