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slide
(slīd)v. slid (slĭd), slid·ing, slides
v.intr.
1.
a. To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact.
b. To participate in a sport that involves such movement: sliding for a medal in luge.
c. To lose a secure footing or positioning; slip: slid on the ice and fell.
d. To pass smoothly and quietly; glide: slid past the door without anyone noticing.
e. Baseball To drop down from a running into a lying or diving position when approaching a base so as to avoid being tagged out.
2. To be ignored or not dealt with; drop: Let the matter slide.
3.
a. To decrease: Prices slid in morning trading.
b. To become less favorable or less desirable: Economic conditions have begun to slide.
v.tr.
1. To cause to slide or slip: slid the glass down to the other end of the counter.
2. To place covertly or deftly: slid the stolen merchandise into his pocket.
n.
1. A sliding movement or action.
2.
a. A smooth, usually inclined surface or track for sliding: a water slide.
b. A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute climbed onto by means of a ladder.
3. A part that operates by sliding, as the U-shaped section of tube on a trombone that is moved to change the pitch.
4. A period of decline or loss: "The semiconductor industry is heading for a cyclical slide" (New York Times).
5.
a. An image on a transparent base for projection on a screen.
b. One of a series of images projected digitally as part of a presentation.
c. A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.
6. A fall of a mass of rock, earth, or snow down a slope; an avalanche or landslide.
7. A backless shoe with an open toe.
8. Music
a. A slight portamento used in violin playing, passing quickly from one note to another.
b. An ornamentation consisting of two grace notes approaching the main note.
c. A small metal or glass tube worn over a finger or held in the hand, used in playing bottleneck-style guitar.
d. The bottleneck style of guitar playing.
[Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan.]
Synonyms: slide, slip1, glide, coast, skid
These verbs mean to move smoothly and continuously, often over a slippery surface. Slide usually implies rapid easy movement without loss of contact with the surface: coal that slid down a chute to the cellar. Slip is most often applied to accidental sliding resulting in loss of balance or foothold: slipped on a patch of ice. Glide refers to smooth, free-flowing, seemingly effortless movement: "four snakes gliding up and down a hollow" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
Coast applies especially to downward movement resulting from the effects of gravity or momentum: The driver let the truck coast down the incline. Skid implies an uncontrolled, often sideways sliding caused by a lack of traction: The bus skidded on wet pavement.
These verbs mean to move smoothly and continuously, often over a slippery surface. Slide usually implies rapid easy movement without loss of contact with the surface: coal that slid down a chute to the cellar. Slip is most often applied to accidental sliding resulting in loss of balance or foothold: slipped on a patch of ice. Glide refers to smooth, free-flowing, seemingly effortless movement: "four snakes gliding up and down a hollow" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
Coast applies especially to downward movement resulting from the effects of gravity or momentum: The driver let the truck coast down the incline. Skid implies an uncontrolled, often sideways sliding caused by a lack of traction: The bus skidded on wet pavement.
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sliding
(ˈslaɪdɪŋ)adj
1. rising or falling in accordance with given specifications: fees were charged as a sliding percentage of income.
2. regulated or moved by sliding
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Translations
sliding
[ˈslaɪdɪŋ] ADJ [part] → corredizo; [door, seat] → correderosliding roof → techo m corredizo, techo m de corredera
sliding scale → escala f móvil
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sliding
[ˈslaɪdɪŋ] adj [door] → coulissant(e)sliding roof → toit ouvrantsliding scale n → échelle f mobile
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sliding
adj part → gleitend
sliding
:sliding contact
n (Elec) → Schleifkontakt m
sliding door
n → Schiebetür f
sliding roof
n → Schiebedach nt
sliding seat
n → verschiebbarer Sitz, Schiebesitz m; (in rowing boat) → Rollsitz m
sliding tackle
n (Ftbl) → Grätsche f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sliding
n. deslizamiento.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sliding
adj (hernia) deslizante; — scale (payment, insulin) escala móvil (honorarios, insulina)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.