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# slide

verb (slide, slides, slid, sliding); noun (a slide, slides)

«slide» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To move smoothly over a surface while staying in contact with it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#m1)
2. A noun: a playground structure you climb up and slide down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#m2)
3. A noun: a page in a presentation (slides on a screen), or a small glass piece for looking at things under a microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#m3)
4. To go slowly into a worse state: «Standards slid». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#m4)
5. A noun: a hair slide (UK: a clip for hair). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#m5)
6. A noun: a fall of earth or rock: a landslide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#m6)

### In the lessons

In science: forces — friction slows things that slide; smooth surfaces let things slide farther; ramps and slopes. In playground safety: go down the slide feet first, one at a time, wait until it's clear, don't climb up the slide. In school: presentation slides; microscope slides. Phrases: slide down, the slide, water slide, landslide, slide show, let things slide.

### Examples

- The children took turns on the slide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#x1)
- Go down the slide feet first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#x2)
- The book slid off the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#x3)
- We slid on the ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#x4)
- A smooth ramp lets the toy car slide farther. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#x5)
- Look at the onion skin on the microscope slide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#x6)
- Click to the next slide of the presentation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#x7)
- The water slide at the pool is huge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#x8)
- With trembling hands he pushed back the sliding door and looked in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/#x9)

### Note

Irregular: slide, slid, slid (not «slided»). Double d is not used: sliding (one d). In science: less friction = it slides farther. «Let it slide» = ignore a small problem.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Tanakh to slide is to lose one's footing. Psalms say that of a person who keeps God's law in his heart, none of his steps slide, meaning he stays steady and safe.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads this as teaching that holding God's Torah in the heart keeps a person from falling into wrong.

### Examples

- The relevant passage is on slide 128.\]:\] Bound to the tongue like a flame to coal—Alef-Chet-Heh-ʽAyin, serving behind the tongue in the house of swallowing. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slide/#x1)
- The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps slide. (Writings PSA.37.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slide/#x2)

### Note

Irregular: slide, slid, slid (not «slided»). Double d is not used: sliding (one d). In science: less friction = it slides farther. «Let it slide» = ignore a small problem.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slide/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slide.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «slide» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slide/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slide» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/slide.html) on Mova free.