Meaning of "slide" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLIDE

Old English slīdan; related to slidor slippery, sliderian to slither, Middle High German slīten.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SLIDE

slide  [slaɪd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLIDE

Slide is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb slide in English.

WHAT DOES SLIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of slide in the English dictionary

The first definition of slide in the dictionary is to move or cause to move smoothly along a surface in continual contact with it. Other definition of slide is to lose grip or balance. Slide is also to pass or move gradually and unobtrusively.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLIDE

PRESENT

Present

I slide

you slide

he/she/it slides

we slide

you slide

they slide

Present continuous

I am sliding

you are sliding

he/she/it is sliding

we are sliding

you are sliding

they are sliding

Present perfect

I have slid

you have slid

he/she/it has slid

we have slid

you have slid

they have slid

Present perfect continuous

I have been sliding

you have been sliding

he/she/it has been sliding

we have been sliding

you have been sliding

they have been sliding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I slid

you slid

he/she/it slid

we slid

you slid

they slid

Past continuous

I was sliding

you were sliding

he/she/it was sliding

we were sliding

you were sliding

they were sliding

Past perfect

I had slid

you had slid

he/she/it had slid

we had slid

you had slid

they had slid

Past perfect continuous

I had been sliding

you had been sliding

he/she/it had been sliding

we had been sliding

you had been sliding

they had been sliding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will slide

you will slide

he/she/it will slide

we will slide

you will slide

they will slide

Future continuous

I will be sliding

you will be sliding

he/she/it will be sliding

we will be sliding

you will be sliding

they will be sliding

Future perfect

I will have slid

you will have slid

he/she/it will have slid

we will have slid

you will have slid

they will have slid

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sliding

you will have been sliding

he/she/it will have been sliding

we will have been sliding

you will have been sliding

they will have been sliding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would slide

you would slide

he/she/it would slide

we would slide

you would slide

they would slide

Conditional continuous

I would be sliding

you would be sliding

he/she/it would be sliding

we would be sliding

you would be sliding

they would be sliding

Conditional perfect

I would have slide

you would have slide

he/she/it would have slide

we would have slide

you would have slide

they would have slide

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been sliding

you would have been sliding

he/she/it would have been sliding

we would have been sliding

you would have been sliding

they would have been sliding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you slide
we let´s slide
you slide

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to slide

Past participle

slid

Present Participle

sliding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SLIDE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «slide» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of slide

coast · cut · decline · decrease · degenerate · descend · deteriorate · diminution · drop · dwindling · fall · glide · glissade · lessening · lowering · reduction · skim · slip · slither · slump · toboggan

TRANSLATION OF SLIDE

Find out the translation of slide to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of slide from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slide» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 滑梯
• Translator English - Spanish: tobogán
• English: slide
• Translator English - Hindi: स्लाइड
• Translator English - Arabic: انْزِلَاق
• Translator English - Russian: скольжение
• Translator English - Portuguese: escorregador
• Translator English - Bengali: স্লাইড্
• Translator English - French: toboggan
• Translator English - Malay: Slaid
• Translator English - German: Rutsche
• Translator English - Japanese: 滑ること
• Translator English - Korean: 미끄러지기
• Translator English - Javanese: Geser
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự trượt
• Translator English - Tamil: ஸ்லைடு
• Translator English - Marathi: स्लाइड करा
• Translator English - Turkish: kaymak
• Translator English - Italian: scivolo
• Translator English - Polish: zjeżdżalnia
• Translator English - Ukrainian: схил
• Translator English - Romanian: tobogan
• Translator English - Greek: τσουλήθρα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skyfie
• Translator English - Swedish: rutschkana
• Translator English - Norwegian: sklie

10 QUOTES WITH «SLIDE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word slide.

1

Linwood Barclay

Facebook, from what I can tell, is the virtual equivalent of dropping into the homes of several million people, all of whom say at the same time: 'Hey! Let's set up the slide projector!'

2

Lawrence Bender

Honestly, when I had the idea to make 'An Inconvenient Truth,' and I was going out and raising the money, and I said, 'I want to make a movie about Al Gore's slide show, will you give me a million dollars?' People thought I was insane, looked at me cross-eyed.

3

David Brainerd

Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.

4

Thom Browne

Men don't know enough about being courteous toward women. You should get into a cab before a woman so she doesn't have to slide across the seat. And you should always go first into a revolving door so she doesn't have to push - unless it's moving, then let her go first.

5

Lois McMaster Bujold

War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation.

6

James Caan

No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.

7

Daniel Cudmore

I seem to be able to just sort of sink and slide under the radar, which is nice.

8

Rick Derringer

There was nobody at the time who was playing slide guitar like Johnny, and nobody, or no white guys at least, that was playing country blues like that on the acoustic guitar. And it was at that point that I realized what Johnny had to offer.

9

Charles Van Doren

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.

10

Tom Douglas

To shuck oysters, you'll need an oyster knife, a handy tool with a sturdy handle and a short, rigid blade which you can pick up for about ten bucks in a kitchenware shop or fish market. A quick trip online will yield any number of videos and slide shows with step-by-step instructions on how to shuck an oyster.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIDE»

Discover the use of slide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

Presents practical approaches for developing an effective presentation, covering such topics as creating diagrams, displaying data, arranging elements, creating movement, and interacting with slides.

Nancy Duarte, 2008

Downhill slide: why the corporate ski industry is bad for ...

The first investigative analysis of how corporate interests gained control of America's most popular winter sport, and how they are gutting ski towns, the natural mountain environment, and skiing itself in the desperate search for short ...

Hal Clifford, 2002

Slide

Vee Bell is certain of one irrefutable truth—her sister's friend Sophie didn't kill herself.

Jill Hathaway, 2012

Fast Slide

Clay would much rather work as a lifeguard at the beach than at Safari Splash, the new water park in town.

Melanie Jackson, 2010

Slide Already!

Friends are lining up behind you and the pressure is on . . . Here’s the perfect book for anyone who’s ever been afraid to go into the deep end, off the high dive, or go down the big slide. Come on—slide, already!

Kit Allen, 2005

Cards that Pop Up, Flip & Slide

This creative guide will teach readers how to craft one-of-a-kind cards with moving parts such as pop-ups, sliders, and flaps.

Michael Jacobs, 2005

Slide Guitar: Know the Players, Play the Music

(Book). Another entry in the Fretmaster series, this book teaches you both the history and technique of slide guitar's masters, such as Brian Jones, Lowell George, Bonnie Raitt, and Robert Johnson.

Pete Madsen, 2005

New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2007, First Course, ...

On the status bar, to the left of the Zoom slider, click the Slide Sorter button . Slide Sorter view appears, and Slide 3 has a colored frame around it to indicate that it is the current slide. 8. Position the pointer over the Slide 2 thumbnail. A colored ...

Ann Shaffer, Patrick Carey, Kathy Finnegan, 2009

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

PP03S-2-7 PowerPoint comes with two special slides called masters-Slide Master andTitle Master. The Slide Master andTitle Master for a template are called a slide-title master pair. You can create more than one Slide Master orTitle Master ...

Steve Johnson, 2003

Slide or Die

A house at the beach.

Todd Strasser, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slide is used in the context of the following news items.

Lexus Testing 'Slide' Hoverboard

Little else is known about the product, dubbed Slide, which has been under development for more than 18 months by teams in England and Germany, Gizmodo ... «PC Magazine, Jun 15»

Slide victim's family says loss hurts every single day

"Her destination was eight miles on the other side of the slide," said Summer's brother, Dayn Brunner. "We believe that if she'd left her house seven seconds ... «KING5.com, Mar 15»

Bell tolls, names read to honor victims of deadly slide

Bell tolls, names read to honor victims of deadly slide »Play Video Fawn Birch, a friend of the Ruthven family, places yellow roses on landslide victims' memorial ... «KOMO News, Mar 15»

Market Gives Ground as Oil Resumes Its Slide

Another drop in oil prices helped drive the stock market to a loss on Thursday, as major indexes gave up their gains from the day before. Chevron, Exxon Mobil ... «New York Times, Mar 15»

Rock slide near Lions Bay kills Erin Moore, 7, on hike

Lions Bay Search and Rescue has confirmed a seven-year-old girl died after being buried by a rock slide in a popular hiking area in the mountains north of ... «CBC.ca, Dec 14»

The Slide Rule: A Computing Device That Put A Man On The Moon

The slide rule. "Take your batteries out," Jim Hus says, watching his pre-calculus students remove the AA batteries that power their calculators. "Let's do those ... «NPR, Oct 14»

NFL says Chiefs' Husain Abdullah shouldn't have been penalized …

“When you go to Mecca, you should be able to slide wherever you want,” Reid said after the game. “We've got two priests in here. They'd probably vouch for me. «Kansas City Star, Sep 14»

'Slide the City' down the drain? LA rejects permit for slip-n-slide

Plans for a giant slip-n-slide on a downtown Los Angeles street are in doubt after a permit that would have cleared the way for the Slide the City event was ... «Los Angeles Times, Sep 14»

Causes of Deadly Washington Mudslide Revealed in Scientific Report

The slide plowed through part of the town of Oso, in the Cascade Mountain foothills northwest of Seattle, shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 22. It killed ... «National Geographic, Jul 14»

World's Tallest Waterslide: Why You Don't Fall Off

The slide stands 168 feet 7 inches (about 51 meters) tall, and is now officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest waterslide in the world. «LiveScience.com, Jul 14»