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slide

noun
  1. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
    “Their slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill.”
    glide
  2. sloping channel through which things can descend
    chuteslidewaysloping trough
  3. a transparency mounted in a frame
    “viewed with a slide projector”
    lantern slide
  4. a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
    microscope slide
  5. plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
    playground slidesliding board
  6. in music, rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
    “The violinist was indulgent with their swoops and slides.”
    swoop
  7. (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
verb
  1. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
    slip
  2. to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
    slither
  3. move smoothly along a surface