Definition of slide

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Slide (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.

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Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship..
Travel :: Travel (n.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve..
Slidder :: Slidder (v. t.) To slide with interruption.
Scene :: Scene (n.) The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes..
Faucet :: Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide..
Cover :: Cover (n.) The lap of a slide valve.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Slider :: Slider (n.) One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine..
Coast :: Coast (n.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice..
Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side..
Slide :: Slide (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress..
Slid :: Slid () imp. & p. p. of Slide.
Slide :: Slide (n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down..
Leaf :: Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, es
Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question..
Slider :: Slider (n.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).
Chute :: Chute (n.) A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel..
D Valve :: D valve () A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide..
Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To pass inadvertently.
Slit :: Slit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.
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