Usually means: Smooth surfaces for sliding down.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. slides: Merriam-Webster
  2. slides: Collins English Dictionary
  3. slides: Vocabulary.com
  4. Slide's, Slides, slide's, slides: Wordnik
  5. slides: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. slides: Wiktionary
  7. slides: Dictionary.com
  8. slides: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Slides (skateboarding), Slides: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. slides: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slides: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slides: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. slides: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. slides: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slides: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slides: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slide)

verb:  (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
verb:  (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
verb:  (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
verb:  (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
verb:  (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
verb:  (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
verb:  (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
verb:  (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
verb:  (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
verb:  (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
verb:  (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
noun:  An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
noun:  A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
noun:  The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
noun:  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.
noun:  A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
noun:  The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
noun:  A lever that can be moved in two directions.
noun:  Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”)
noun:  A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
noun:  (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
noun:  (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
noun:  (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
noun:  (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
noun:  (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
noun:  (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
noun:  (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
noun:  A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
noun:  A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
noun:  (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
noun:  (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
noun:  (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.
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