slide

slide: slide slide [slaɪd] verb slid _PTandPP [slɪd] [intransitive]

to gradually become lower or less:

• Some dealers continued to buy silver as the price slid.

• The new model didn't stop their share of the U.S. car market from sliding.

slide into something phrasal verb [transitive]

to gradually start to experience an unpleasant or difficult situation:

• The Australian economy was sliding into recession.

• Could he prevent the company from sliding into bankruptcy?

— slide noun [countable] :

• There has been a recent slide in crude oil production.

• a series of price slides

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slide UK US /slaɪd/ verb [I] (slid, slid)

► ECONOMICS, FINANCE to become worse, lower, or less in value, especially gradually: »Economists predict that house prices will continue to slide in most areas.
»Manufacturing employment has slid for seven months in Minnesota.
slide (from sth) to sth »The nation's unemployment rate slid to less than 5% last month.
slide into sth »The economy was sliding into deep crisis.
»Returns from Government bonds also slid sharply from 6.3% last year to 4.5% this year.

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slide UK US /slaɪd/ noun [C]

► ECONOMICS, FINANCE the process of becoming worse, lower, or less: »Several ministers expressed their worry at the euro's slide.
a slide in sth »The last few months have seen a sharp slide in voter confidence.
a slide of sth »The corporation's shares ended the day at 509p, a slide of 13p.
»a downward/sharp/steady slide
halt/stop/reverse a slide »The French central bank yesterday succeeded in reversing the slide in the franc.

► MARKETING one of a series of computer screens of information shown in a presentation: »The final slide showed two graphs.

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Synonyms:

Glide, slip, move smoothly, Glide, slip

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Slide — could be related to any of these.Mechanical*Evacuation slide *Landslide the movement of soil, mud or rock down a slope. *Playground slide a smooth, sloped surface down which (usually) children slide while sitting down. *Water slide a popular… … Wikipedia
Slide — Slide, n. [AS. sl[=i]de.] 1. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice. [1913 Webster] 2. Smooth, even passage or progress. [1913 Webster] A better slide into their business. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. That on which anything moves by sliding.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slide — vb Slide, slip, glide, skid, glissade, slither, coast, toboggan can mean to move along easily and smoothly over or as if over a surface. Slide usually implies accelerating motion and continuous contact with a smooth and slippery surface; it is… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Slide — Slide, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[=i]dan; akin to MHG. sl[=i]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. {Sled}.] 1. To move along the surface of any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Slide It In — Album par Whitesnake Sortie janvier 1984 … Wikipédia en Français
slide — [slīd] vi. slid [slid] sliding [ME sliden < OE slidan < IE * (s)leidh , slippery < base * (s)lei , slimy, slippery > LIME1, SLICK, SLIME] 1. to move along in constant frictional contact with some surface or substance [windows that… … English World dictionary
Slide It In — Álbum de Whitesnake Publicación Enero de 1984 (Reino Unido) Abril de 1984 (Estados Unidos) Grabación 1983 Género(s) Hard rock, Heavy metal … Wikipedia Español
Slide — Slide, v. t. 1. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another. [1913 Webster] 2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slide — (v.) O.E. slidan move smoothly, glide, from P.Gmc. *slidanan (Cf. O.H.G. slito, Ger. Schlitten sledge ), from PIE root * (s)lei slide (Cf. Lith. slystu to glide, slide, O.C.S. sledu track, Gk. olisthos slipperiness … Etymology dictionary

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