slide glide coast | 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 |
caliper calliper | an instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural) |
chute slide slideway sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend |
hair slide | a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place |
inside caliper | caliper for measuring inside dimensions (the size of a cavity or hole), points on its legs curve outward |
micrometer micrometer gauge micrometer caliper | caliper for measuring small distances |
odd-leg caliper | caliper having the points on its legs both curve in the same direction |
outside caliper | caliper for measuring outside dimensions, points on its legs curve inward |
pump action slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
slide lantern slide | a transparency mounted in a frame, viewed with a slide projector |
slide microscope slide | a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study |
slide playground slide sliding board | plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide |
slide fastener zip zipper zip fastener | a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab |
slide projector | projector that projects an enlarged image of a slide onto a screen |
slide rule slipstick | analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations, have been replaced by pocket calculators |
slide valve | valve that opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port |
vernier caliper vernier micrometer | a caliper with a vernier scale for very fine measurements |
swoop slide | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale, the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides |
slide | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. |
caliper calliper | measure the diameter of something with calipers |
skid slip slue slew slide | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner, the wheels skidded against the sidewalk |
slither slide | to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly, They slid through the wicket in the big gate |
slump slide down sink | fall or sink heavily, He slumped onto the couch, My spirits sank |
elapse lapse pass slip by glide by slip away go by slide by go along | pass by, three years elapsed |
slide | move smoothly along a surface, He slid the money over to the other gambler |