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slide
English
Etymology
From Middle English sliden, from Old English sl?dan (“to slide”), from Proto-Germanic *sl?dan? (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléyd?-e-ti, from *sleyd?- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German sl?tan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German sl?den (“to slide”), Middle Dutch sl?den (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit ??????? (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sla?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Verb
slide (third-person singular simple present slides, present participle sliding, simple past slid, past participle slid or (archaic) slidden)
- (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
- (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- c. 1685, Edmund Waller, Of the Invasion and Defeat of the Turks
- They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
- c. 1685, Edmund Waller, Of the Invasion and Defeat of the Turks
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
- (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
- (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- Synonyms: toboggan, sled
Derived terms
- aslide
- let slide
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (suraido)
Translations
Noun
slide (plural slides)
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- 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.
- A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dana to this entry?)
- (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (clothing) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- (vulgar slang) a promiscuous woman, slut
Synonyms
- (item of play equipment): slippery dip
- (inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity): chute
- (mechanism of a part which slides on or against a guide): runner
Hyponyms
- helter-skelter
Derived terms
- (transparent plate bearing an image): slide projector, slide viewer
Descendants
- ? Czech: slajd
- ? Japanese: ???? (suraido)
- ? Portuguese: slide
Translations
Anagrams
- Diels, Seidl, delis, idles, isled, leids, sidle, siled, sleid
Danish
Etymology
from Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *sl?tan?, cognate with Swedish slita, English slit, German schleißen, Dutch slijten,
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sli?ð?]
Verb
slide (imperative slid, infinitive at slide, present tense slider, past tense sled, perfect tense har slidt)
- labour; work hard
- chafe
Inflection
Middle English
Verb
slide
- Alternative form of sliden
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English slide.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /iz.?laj.d??i/, /?slajd??/, /?zlajd??/, /?slajd/
Noun
slide m (plural slides)
- slide (transparent image for projecting)
- Synonyms: transparência, diapositivo
- slide (a frame in a slideshow)
- (music) slide (device for playing slide guitar)
- (music) slide (guitar technique where the player moves finger up or down the fretboard)
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meander
English
Alternative forms
- mæander (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek ????????? (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course. (Turkish Büyük Menderes Nehri)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mi?ænd?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /mi?ænd?/
Noun
meander (plural meanders)
- One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
- 1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, "Creation: A Philosophical Poem":
- See, how the streams advancing to the main, / Through crooked channels draw their crystal train! / While lingering thus they in meanders glide, / They scatter verdant life on either side.
- 1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, "Creation: A Philosophical Poem":
- A tortuous or intricate movement.
- (geography) one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
- Fretwork.
- Perplexity.
- Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border.
- (mathematics) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
meander (third-person singular simple present meanders, present participle meandering, simple past and past participle meandered)
- (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
- (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryton to this entry?)
Translations
Further reading
- meander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Büyük Menderes River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- The Chambers Dictionary (1998)
Anagrams
- Merenda, amender, enarmed, reamend, reedman, renamed
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek ????????? (Maíandros)
Noun
meander m (definite singular meanderen, indefinite plural meandere or meandre or meandrer, definite plural meanderne or meandrene)
- a meander (in a river)
Derived terms
- meandersjø
- meandrere
References
- “meander” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “meander” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek ????????? (Maíandros)
Noun
meander m (definite singular meanderen, indefinite plural meandrar, definite plural meandrane)
- a meander (in a river)
Derived terms
- meandersjø
References
- “meander” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From German Mäander, from Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek ????????? (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??an.d?r/
Noun
meander m inan
- meander (one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse)
- Synonym: zakole
- meander, meandros (decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif)
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjectives) meandrowy, meandryczny, meandrowaty
- (nouns) meandryczno??
- (verb) meandrowa?
Further reading
- meander in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- meander in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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