slide

Everyday

1. To move smoothly over a surface while staying in contact with it. tree →
2. A noun: a playground structure you climb up and slide down. tree →
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 →
4. To go slowly into a worse state: «Standards slid». tree →
5. A noun: a hair slide (UK: a clip for hair). tree →
6. A noun: a fall of earth or rock: a landslide. tree →

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 →
• Go down the slide feet first. tree →
• The book slid off the table. tree →
• We slid on the ice. tree →
• A smooth ramp lets the toy car slide farther. tree →
• Look at the onion skin on the microscope slide. tree →
• Click to the next slide of the presentation. tree →
• The water slide at the pool is huge. tree →
• With trembling hands he pushed back the sliding door and looked in. tree →

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 →
• The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps slide. (Writings PSA.37.31, JPS 1917) tree →

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.