Slide Meaning
/ˈslaɪ̯d/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
verbTo move on a low-friction surface.
Sentence Examples
Now, just let the clay slide between your fingers.
Alice slid down the long slide.
Here's a slide showing target markets.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The children love to ____ down the metal playground slide.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The presentation included a clear ____ with a detailed chart showing the company's annual growth.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan (“to slide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German slītan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German slīden (“to slide”), Middle Dutch slīden (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit स्रेधति (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"They bathe in summer, and in winter slide."
— c. 1685, Edmund Waller, Of the Invasion and Defeat of the Turks:
"Lachey and Olson have become rather chummy the last couple of years—they slide each other free tickets, they visit each other at practice sessions and games, their wives hang out—and, well, Olson has been filling Lachey’s head with a lot of baseball talk."
— 1992 October, Steve Buckley, “Boss Hog: Jim Lachey is the best offensive lineman in football playing on the best team in football”, in Sport, volume 83, number 10, →ISSN, page 64:
"Beware thou ſlide not by it, leſt thou fall before him that lieth in wait."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiasticus 28:26, column 2:
"Ages shall slide away without perceiving."
— 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:
"Begin vvith Senſe, of ev'ry Art the Soul, / Parts anſw'ring parts ſhall ſlide into a VVhole, […]"
— 1735, Alexander Pope, “Epistle 4”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 42, lines 59–62:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The children love to ____ down the metal playground slide.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The presentation included a clear ____ with a detailed chart showing the company's annual growth.