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Glide vs. Slide: Know the Difference

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By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 25, 2023
Glide means to move smoothly and continuously, often with ease and without much effort, while Slide refers to moving along a surface with continuous contact, often with a loss of traction or control.
Glide vs. Slide

Key Differences

Glide suggests a smooth, effortless motion, like a bird gliding through the air. Slide, conversely, implies a more friction-based movement, such as slipping on ice.
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In mechanics, glide refers to movement with minimal resistance, often in air or water. Slide is used to describe movement along a surface, often due to gravity or a slope.
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Glide often carries a sense of grace or ease, as in a dancer gliding across the stage. Slide, however, can suggest a lack of control, like sliding uncontrollably on a slippery road.
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When used metaphorically, glide implies proceeding smoothly and unhindered, as in gliding through a task. Slide, in a metaphorical sense, can mean deteriorating or declining steadily, like sliding into bad habits.
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In music, glide refers to a smooth transition between notes, whereas slide in music often means moving from one note to another directly along the scale.
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Comparison Chart

Movement Type

Smooth, effortless, and often airborne
Along a surface, often with some loss of control
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Connotation

Graceful, effortless
Frictional, potentially uncontrolled
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Contexts

Air or water movement, graceful actions
Surface movement, loss of traction
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Metaphorical Use

Ease in tasks or activities
Deterioration or decline
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In Music

Smooth transition between notes
Direct movement along the scale
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Glide and Slide Definitions

Glide

To move without effort or resistance.
She seemed to glide through her workday effortlessly.
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Slide

To move stealthily or quietly.
She slid into the room unnoticed.
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Glide

To fly without engine power.
The glider plane glided gently down to the runway.
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Slide

To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact.
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Glide

To move in a smooth, effortless manner
A submarine gliding through the water.
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Slide

To participate in a sport that involves such movement
Sliding for a medal in luge.
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Glide

To move silently and furtively
The thief glided across the room.
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Slide

To lose a secure footing or positioning; slip
Slid on the ice and fell.
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Glide

To occur or pass imperceptibly
The autumn days glided by.
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Slide

To pass smoothly and quietly; glide
Slid past the door without anyone noticing.
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Glide

To fly without propulsion from wings or an engine.
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Slide

(Baseball) To drop down from a running into a lying or diving position when approaching a base so as to avoid being tagged out.
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Glide

(Music) To blend one tone into the next; slur.
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Slide

To be ignored or not dealt with; drop
Let the matter slide.
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Glide

(Linguistics) To articulate a glide in speech.
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Slide

To decrease
Prices slid in morning trading.
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Glide

To cause to move or pass smoothly, silently, or imperceptibly
Glided the key into the lock.
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Slide

To become less favorable or less desirable
Economic conditions have begun to slide.
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Glide

To operate or fly (an aircraft) without propulsion from wings or an engine
She glided the paraglider over the trees.
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Slide

To cause to slide or slip
Slid the glass down to the other end of the counter.
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Glide

The act of gliding.
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Slide

To place covertly or deftly
Slid the stolen merchandise into his pocket.
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Glide

(Music) A slur.
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Slide

A sliding movement or action.
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Glide

The transitional sound produced by passing from the articulatory position of one speech sound to that of another.
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Slide

A smooth, usually inclined surface or track for sliding
A water slide.
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Glide

See semivowel.
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Slide

A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute climbed onto by means of a ladder.
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Glide

(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
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Slide

A part that operates by sliding, as the U-shaped section of tube on a trombone that is moved to change the pitch.
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Glide

(intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
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Slide

A period of decline or loss
"The semiconductor industry is heading for a cyclical slide" (New York Times).
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Glide

(transitive) To cause to glide.
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Slide

An image on a transparent base for projection on a screen.
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Glide

(phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
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Slide

One of a series of images projected digitally as part of a presentation.
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Glide

The act of gliding.
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Slide

A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.
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Glide

(phonology) A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
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Slide

A fall of a mass of rock, earth, or snow down a slope; an avalanche or landslide.
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Glide

(fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
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Slide

A backless shoe with an open toe.
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Glide

A bird, the glede or kite.
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A slight portamento used in violin playing, passing quickly from one note to another.
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Glide

A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
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An ornamentation consisting of two grace notes approaching the main note.
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Glide

The joining of two sounds without a break.
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Slide

A small metal or glass tube worn over a finger or held in the hand, used in playing bottleneck-style guitar.
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Glide

A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
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Slide

The bottleneck style of guitar playing.
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Glide

The glede or kite.
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Slide

(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
He slid the boat across the grass.
The safe slid slowly.
Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
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Glide

The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.
They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts,With rapid glide, along the leaning line.
Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself,And with indented glides did slip away.
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Slide

(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
The car slid on the ice.
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Glide

A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, 18, 97, 191).
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Slide

To drop down and skid into a base.
Jones slid into second.
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Glide

Movement of a glider, aëroplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement.
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Slide

(intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
He slid while going around the corner.
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Glide

To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice.
The river glideth at his own sweet will.
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Slide

(transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
To alter the meaning of a question by sliding in a word
Schoolchildren sometimes slide each other notes during class.
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Glide

To pass with a glide, as the voice.
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Slide

(transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
He slid me a dirty look.
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Glide

To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.
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Slide

To pass inadvertently.
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Glide

A vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant
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Slide

(intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
A ship or boat slides through the water.
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Glide

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
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Slide

To decrease in amount or value.
The stock market slid yesterday after major stocks released weak quarterly results.
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Glide

The activity of flying a glider
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Slide

(music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
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Glide

Move smoothly and effortlessly
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Slide

(regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
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Glide

Fly in or as if in a glider plane
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Slide

To go; to move from one place or to another.
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Glide

Cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
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Slide

(soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
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Glide

To move smoothly and continuously.
The swan glided across the lake.
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Slide

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
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Glide

To move or transition smoothly.
His fingers glided over the piano keys.
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Slide

A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
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Glide

To pass gently or smoothly.
The hours glided by as they talked.
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Slide

The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
The slide closed the highway.
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Slide

An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
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Slide

A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
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Slide

The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
A slide on the ice
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Slide

A lever that can be moved in two directions.
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Slide

A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
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Slide

(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
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A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
I still need to prepare some slides for my presentation tomorrow.
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Slide

(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
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(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
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A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
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Slide

A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
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Slide

(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
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(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
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(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
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Slide

A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
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Slide

A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
With ten dollars in his slide
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Slide

(footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
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(speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
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Slide

A promiscuous woman, slut.
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To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
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Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.
They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
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Slide

To pass inadvertently.
Beware thou slide not by it.
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Slide

To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
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Slide

To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
Their foot shall slide in due time.
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Slide

To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
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Slide

To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
With good hope let he sorrow slide.
With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
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Slide

To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
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Slide

To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
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Slide

The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
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Slide

Smooth, even passage or progress.
A better slide into their business.
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Slide

That on which anything moves by sliding.
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Slide

That which operates by sliding.
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Slide

A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.
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Slide

The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
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Slide

A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
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A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
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A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
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Slide

Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
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Slide

A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
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(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
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(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale;
The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
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Slide

Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
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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
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Slide

A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
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Slide

Sloping channel through which things can descend
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Slide

Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
The wheels skidded against the sidewalk
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Slide

To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly;
They slid through the wicket in the big gate
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Slide

Move smoothly along a surface;
He slid the money over to the other gambler
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To move smoothly along a surface.
He slipped and slid on the icy sidewalk.
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Slide

To decrease or deteriorate gradually.
Sales slid over the past quarter.
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Slide

To pass into a specified state, situation, or position.
He slid into despair.
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Slide

To cause to move smoothly and quickly.
She slid the letter across the table.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries

Can 'slide' mean a decline in performance?

Yes, 'slide' can metaphorically mean a decline or deterioration.
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Does 'glide' imply effortlessness?

Yes, 'glide' often connotes ease and effortlessness.
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Is 'glide' always associated with air or water?

Primarily, but 'glide' can also describe smooth movements in other contexts.
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Is 'glide' used in musical contexts?

Yes, 'glide' in music refers to smoothly transitioning between notes.
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Can 'slide' imply danger?

Yes, 'slide' can imply a loss of control, which might be dangerous.
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Can 'slide' refer to a playground equipment?

Yes, 'slide' is also a noun referring to playground equipment.
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Does 'glide' have a positive connotation?

Typically, 'glide' has a more positive, graceful connotation.
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Can 'slide' mean to slip unintentionally?

Yes, 'slide' often means slipping or moving unintentionally on a surface.
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Can 'slide' be used to describe stealthy movement?

Yes, 'slide' can describe moving stealthily or quietly.
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Can 'slide' be used in financial contexts?

Yes, 'slide' can describe a decline in financial markets.
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Can 'slide' be a gradual process?

Yes, 'slide' can describe a gradual process, like a slow decline.
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Is 'glide' used in aviation?

Yes, in aviation, 'glide' refers to an aircraft moving smoothly without engine power.
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Does 'glide' imply control?

Generally, 'glide' implies more control and grace than 'slide'.
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Can 'slide' be used in sports?

Yes, 'slide' is often used in sports, like sliding into a base in baseball.
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Does 'slide' always involve physical movement?

Mostly, though it can also describe transitions in states or situations.
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Can 'glide' be a figurative expression?

Yes, 'glide' can be used figuratively to describe smooth progress in various contexts.
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Is 'glide' used in dance?

Yes, 'glide' describes smooth, flowing movements in dance.
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Is 'slide' used in computing?

Yes, 'slide' can refer to moving elements in a user interface.
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Is 'glide' used in technology?

Yes, 'glide' can describe smooth, seamless processes in technology.
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Are 'glide' and 'slide' synonymous?

They are similar but not synonymous, as they imply different types of movement.
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