slide

A2 Topic:Photography & Images

US /slaɪd/ See IPA manual

Freq #3965

Meanings

1

verb
To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it.

The children love to slide down the icy hill.
2

verb
To slip or move out of control on a slippery surface.

The car slid on the ice and hit a tree.
3

noun
The act of moving smoothly along a surface.

Their slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill.
4

noun
A single image shown as part of a presentation or with a projector.

The next slide shows our sales figures for the year.

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Synonyms

2 verb · to slip or move out of... slip

3 noun · the act of moving smoothly... glide

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Six Slippery Snails
Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.

Move directly from /s/ into /l/ in slippery, slid and slowly, and into /n/ in snails. Avoid inserting an extra vowel into those clusters.

Simplified etymology

Slide is an Old English word related to sled, sledge, sleigh, and slither.

Etymology

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”).

*sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European sliden Middle English slīdan Old English *slīdan Proto-West Germanic *slīdaną Proto-Germanic

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# slide

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /slaɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 3965

## Meanings
1. To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it.
2. To slip or move out of control on a slippery surface.
3. The act of moving smoothly along a surface.
4. A single image shown as part of a presentation or with a projector.

## Examples
- The children love to slide down the icy hill.
- The car slid on the ice and hit a tree.
- Their slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill.
- The next slide shows our sales figures for the year.

## Synonyms
- slider

## Derived Forms
- aslide
- slidy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sleydʰ-
- Root: sliden
- Root: slīdan
- Root: *slīdan
- Root: *slīdaną

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Slide is 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”). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ-, Middle English sliden, Old English slīdan, Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, Proto-Germanic *slīdaną. In current use it includes senses such as To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it and To slip or move out of control on a slippery surface.

## Topics
- Photography & Images
- Actions & Processes

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