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Uncommonslides
The correct spelling is slides.
How to pronounce slides
noun
IPA: /slaɪdz/
Say it like: Sli-des
The correct spelling is slides. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. For example: "The long, red slide was great fun for the kids."
Usage Examples
“The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.”
“The slide closed the highway.”
“a slide on the ice”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- 2.A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- 3.The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- 4.An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- 5.A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
verb
- 1.To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
- 2.To move on a low-friction surface.
- 3.To drop down and skid into a base.
- 4.To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- 5.To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
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