Synonyms of the word

slide

• v. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
• v. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
• v. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
• v. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
• v. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
• v. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
• n. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
• n. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
• n. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
• n. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a…
• n. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
• n. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
• n. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
• n. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
• n. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
• n. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may…
• n. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base.
• n. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
• n. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
• n. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
• n. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal…
• n. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly…
• n. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
• n. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.

chute

• n. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower…
• n. A parachute.
• v. To parachute.

coast

• n. (obsolete) The side or edge of something.
• n. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
• n. (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country.
• n. (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens.
• v. (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy.
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
• v. Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This…
• v. (obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
• v. (obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
• v. (obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
• v. (US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.

descent

• n. An instance of descending.
• n. A way down.
• n. A sloping passage or incline.
• n. Lineage or hereditary derivation.
• n. A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
• n. (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).

displace

• v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
• v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
• v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
• v. (psycology) to repress.

foil

• n. A very thin sheet of metal.
• n. (uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
• n. A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
• n. (figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the…
• n. (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
• n. (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip.
• n. A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation…
• n. (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
• n. Shortened form of hydrofoil.
• n. Shortened form of aerofoil/airfoil.
• v. To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
• v. To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
• v. To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
• v. (obsolete) To tread underfoot; to trample.
• n. Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
• n. One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
• n. (hunting) The track of an animal.
• v. (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
• v. (obsolete) To defile; to soil.

glide

• v. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
• v. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
• v. (transitive) To cause to glide.
• v. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
• n. The act of gliding.
• n. (phonology) Semivowel.
• n. (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant…
• n. A bird, the glede or kite.
• n. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.

glissando

• n. (music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale…

go

• v. To move.
• v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
• v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
• v. (intransitive) To attend.
• v. To proceed.
• v. To follow or travel along (a path).
• v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
• v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
• v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
• v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
• v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
• v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• v. To pass, to be used up.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
• v. To break down or apart.
• v. (intransitive) To be sold.
• v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
• v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
• v. To say (something), to make a sound.
• v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
• v. To apply or subject oneself to.
• v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
• v. (intransitive) To date.
• v. To attack.
• v. To be in general; to be usually.
• v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
• n. (uncommon) The act of going.
• n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• n. An attempt, a try.
• n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• n. An act; the working or operation.
• n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
• n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
• n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
• n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
• n. A period of activity.
• n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
• n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

gutter

• n. A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the…
• n. A ditch along the side of a road.
• n. A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.
• n. (bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.
• n. A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.
• n. Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
• n. (typography) A space between printed columns of text.
• n. (philately) An unprinted space between rows of stamps.
• n. (Britain) A drainage channel.
• n. The notional locus of things, acts, or events which are distasteful, ill bred or morally questionable.
• n. (figuratively) A low, vulgar state.
• v. To flow or stream; to form gutters.
• v. (of a candle) To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle.
• v. (of a small flame) To flicker as if about to be extinguished.
• v. (transitive) To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.
• v. (transitive) To supply with a gutter or gutters.
• v. (transitive) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
• n. One who or that which guts.

locomote

• v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movement

• n. Physical motion between points in space.
• n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
• n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
• n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
• n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
• n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
• n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
• n. An act of emptying the bowels.
• n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

plaything

• n. A thing or person intended for playing with.

skid

• n. An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
• n. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its…
• n. (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
• n. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
• v. (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
• v. (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
• v. (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
• v. (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.

slew

• n. (US) A large amount.
• n. The act, or process of slaying.
• n. A device used for slaying.
• n. A change of position.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
• v. (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
• v. (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
• v. (intransitive) To pivot.
• v. (intransitive) To skid.
• v. (transitive, rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
• v. (transitive, Britain, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
• v. simple past tense of slay.
• n. A wet place; a river inlet.

slideway

• n. Any form of track along which things can slide.

slip

• n. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
• n. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
• n. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
• n. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
• n. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
• n. A long, thin piece of something.
• n. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
• n. (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It…
• v. (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
• v. (intransitive) To err.
• v. (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
• v. (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
• v. (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
• v. (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
• v. (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or…
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
• v. (transitive, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
• v. (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly…
• v. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
• v. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
• v. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
• v. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
• n. An act or instance of slipping.
• n. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed…
• n. A slipdress.
• n. A mistake or error.
• n. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
• n. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and…
• n. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
• n. (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the…
• n. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field…
• n. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or…
• n. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
• n. (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column…
• n. (dated) A child's pinafore.
• n. An outside covering or case.
• n. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
• n. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
• n. (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces…
• n. A particular quantity of yarn.
• n. (Britain, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
• n. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
• n. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
• n. (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an…
• n. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
• n. A fish, the sole.

slither

• v. (intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.
• v. (intransitive) To slide.

slue

• v. (transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
• v. (transitive) To turn something sharply.
• v. (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
• v. (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.
• n. The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
• n. A slough; a run or wet place.

swoop

• v. (intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
• v. (intransitive) To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something.
• v. (transitive) To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing.
• v. (transitive) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
• v. To pass with pomp; to sweep.
• n. An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.
• n. A sudden act.
• n. (music) A quick passage from one note to the next.

toy

• n. Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
• n. A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
• n. A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
• n. (obsolete) Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
• n. (obsolete) A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.
• n. (slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
• n. (obsolete) An old story; a silly tale.
• n. (Scotland, archaic) A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women…
• v. (intransitive) To play (with).
• v. (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
• v. (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.

transparency

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being transparent; transparence.
• n. (uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.
• n. (countable, photography) A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining…
• n. (countable) A transparent object.
• n. (signal processing) Sufficient accuracy to make the compressed result perceptually indistinguishable from…

travel

• v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
• v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
• v. (transitive) To force to journey.
• v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
• n. The act of traveling.
• n. pl A series of journeys.
• n. pl An account of one's travels.
• n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
• n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
• n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

trough

• n. A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
• n. Any similarly shaped container.
• n. A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
• n. (Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
• n. (agriculture, Australia, New Zealand) A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk)…
• n. A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
• n. (meteorology) A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
• v. To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.