slide

/slɑɪd/ v (past tense and past participle slid /slɪd/) (MOVE EASILY)

Definition

› to cause something to move easily over a surface, or to move in this way: [I] My mother slid into the car seat next to me. [T] He slid his hand into his back pocket.

(Definition of slide v (MOVE EASILY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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slide n PHOTOGRAPH
slide n STRUCTURE FOR PLAY
slide n WORSE STATE
slide projector n
slide v GET WORSE
slide v MOVE EASILY
slight adj SMALL IN AMOUNT
slight adj THIN
slight v INSULT
slightly adv
slim adj

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