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Slide Slid Smoothly Sliding Move Quietly I Piece

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If you s____ somewhere, you move there smoothly and quietly .If you slide somewhere, you move there smoothly and quietly .
He slid into the driver's seat.
'Nice meeting you, Zoe,' I said and slid off.
word slide
full-definition
verb
When something slides somewhere or when you slide it there, it moves there smoothly over or against something.
She slid the door open.
I slid the wallet into his pocket.
Tears were sliding down his cheeks.
If you slide somewhere, you move there smoothly and quietly .
He slid into the driver's seat.
'Nice meeting you, Zoe,' I said and slid off.
To slide into a particular mood, attitude, or situation means to gradually start to have that mood, attitude, or situation often without intending to.
She had slid into a depression.
He needs them to stop the country sliding into chaos.
If currencies or prices slide, they gradually become worse or lower in value.
The U.S. dollar continued to slide.
The upset sent share prices sliding to their lowest level for almost 18 months.
Shares slid 11p to 293p after brokers downgraded their profit estimates.
Its share slid from 24.24 per cent to 22.17 per cent.
...the dangerous slide in oil prices.
noun
A slide is a small piece of photographic film which you project onto a screen so that you can see the picture .
...a slide show.
A slide is a single page of an electronic presentation which you usually view on a computer or on a larger screen.
He shows slides revealing that most people think the Government is doing poorly.
A slide is a piece of glass on which you put something that you want to examine through a microscope .
A slide is a piece of playground equipment that has a steep slope for children to go down for fun .
inflections slidesslidingslid
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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