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slide

English → English

verb//slaɪd//

(physics) Slide: to move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact

The car began to slide across the icy road when the driver hit the brakes too hard.

(English) The car began to slide across the icy road when the driver hit the brakes too hard.

If you slide the heavy bookshelf across the wooden floor, you might leave deep scratches.

(English) If you slide the heavy bookshelf across the wooden floor, you might leave deep scratches.

noun//slaɪd//

(presentation) Slide: a single page of a digital presentation or a small photographic image on film

Please move to the next slide to see the graph representing our quarterly sales growth.

(English) Please move to the next slide to see the graph representing our quarterly sales growth.

My grandfather used an old projector to show us color slides of his trip to Japan in 1970.

(English) My grandfather used an old projector to show us color slides of his trip to Japan in 1970.

Entry ID: en:en:slide · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary