Slade vs. Slide — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Slade and Slide
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Slade
Slade are an English rock band formed in Wolverhampton in 1966. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart.
Slide
To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact.
Slade
A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
Slide
To participate in a sport that involves such movement
Sliding for a medal in luge.
Slade
(dialectal) A hillside.
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Slide
To lose a secure footing or positioning; slip
Slid on the ice and fell.
Slade
A spade for digging peat.
Slide
To pass smoothly and quietly; glide
Slid past the door without anyone noticing.
Slade
(obsolete) The sole of a plough.
Slide
(Baseball) To drop down from a running into a lying or diving position when approaching a base so as to avoid being tagged out.
Slade
A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground.
Slide
To be ignored or not dealt with; drop
Let the matter slide.
Slade
The sole of a plow.
Slide
To decrease
Prices slid in morning trading.
Slide
To become less favorable or less desirable
Economic conditions have begun to slide.
Slide
To cause to slide or slip
Slid the glass down to the other end of the counter.
Slide
To place covertly or deftly
Slid the stolen merchandise into his pocket.
Slide
A sliding movement or action.
Slide
A smooth, usually inclined surface or track for sliding
A water slide.
Slide
A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute climbed onto by means of a ladder.
Slide
A part that operates by sliding, as the U-shaped section of tube on a trombone that is moved to change the pitch.
Slide
A period of decline or loss
"The semiconductor industry is heading for a cyclical slide" (New York Times).
Slide
An image on a transparent base for projection on a screen.
Slide
One of a series of images projected digitally as part of a presentation.
Slide
A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.
Slide
A fall of a mass of rock, earth, or snow down a slope; an avalanche or landslide.
Slide
A backless shoe with an open toe.
Slide
A slight portamento used in violin playing, passing quickly from one note to another.
Slide
An ornamentation consisting of two grace notes approaching the main note.
Slide
A small metal or glass tube worn over a finger or held in the hand, used in playing bottleneck-style guitar.
Slide
The bottleneck style of guitar playing.
Slide
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
He slid the boat across the grass.
The safe slid slowly.
Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
Slide
(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
The car slid on the ice.
Slide
To drop down and skid into a base.
Jones slid into second.
Slide
(intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
He slid while going around the corner.
Slide
(transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
To alter the meaning of a question by sliding in a word
Schoolchildren sometimes slide each other notes during class.
Slide
(transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
He slid me a dirty look.
Slide
To pass inadvertently.
Slide
(intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
A ship or boat slides through the water.
Slide
To decrease in amount or value.
The stock market slid yesterday after major stocks released weak quarterly results.
Slide
(music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
Slide
(regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
Slide
To go; to move from one place or to another.
Slide
(soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
Slide
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
Slide
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
Slide
The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
The slide closed the highway.
Slide
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.
Slide
A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
Slide
The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
A slide on the ice
Slide
A lever that can be moved in two directions.
Slide
A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
Slide
(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
Slide
A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
I still need to prepare some slides for my presentation tomorrow.
Slide
(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.
Slide
(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
Slide
A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
Slide
A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
Slide
(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
Slide
(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
Slide
(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
Slide
A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
Slide
A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
With ten dollars in his slide
Slide
(footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
Slide
(speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
Slide
A promiscuous woman, slut.
Slide
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
Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.
They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
Slide
To pass inadvertently.
Beware thou slide not by it.
Slide
To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
Slide
To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
Their foot shall slide in due time.
Slide
To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
Slide
To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
With good hope let he sorrow slide.
With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
Slide
To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
Slide
To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
Slide
The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
Slide
Smooth, even passage or progress.
A better slide into their business.
Slide
That on which anything moves by sliding.
Slide
That which operates by sliding.
Slide
A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.
Slide
The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
Slide
A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
Slide
A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
Slide
A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
Slide
Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
Slide
A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
Slide
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
Slide
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale;
The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
Slide
Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
Slide
The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it;
His slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill
The children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
Slide
A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
Slide
Sloping channel through which things can descend
Slide
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
The wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Slide
To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly;
They slid through the wicket in the big gate
Slide
Move smoothly along a surface;
He slid the money over to the other gambler
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