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{
"term": "slide",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "slide",
"heSheIt": "slides"
},
"pastSimple": "slid",
"pastParticiple": "slid",
"ingForm": "sliding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to move easily over a smooth or wet surface; to make something move in this way",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.slide something + adv./prep.slide + adjslide something + adj.",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "As I turned left on a bend, my car started to slide."
},
{
"text": "We slid down the grassy slope.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "A plane slid off the runway in Denver on Sunday."
},
{
"text": "The drawers slide in and out easily."
},
{
"text": "She slid her hand along the rail.",
"contextForm": "slide something + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "You can slide the front seats forward if necessary."
},
{
"text": "The automatic doors slid open.",
"contextForm": "slide + adj"
},
{
"text": "Quietly, she slid the drawer shut.",
"contextForm": "slide something + adj."
},
{
"text": "Tears slid slowly down his pale cheek."
},
{
"text": "The melting snow began to slide from the sloping roofs."
},
{
"text": "a vehicle that will slide smoothly across snow"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["slowly", "quickly", "easily"],
"preposition": ["across", "along", "down"],
"phrases": ["slide open"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to move quickly and quietly, for example in order not to be noticed; to make something move in this way",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.slide something + adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He slid into bed.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "She slid out while no one was looking."
},
{
"text": "The man slid the money quickly into his pocket.",
"contextForm": "slide something + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "He slid a shy look at Claire."
},
{
"text": "The moon slid silently behind a cloud."
},
{
"text": "Her eyes slid away from his own in embarrassment."
}
],
"synonyms": "slip",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["slowly", "quickly", "easily"],
"preposition": ["across", "along", "down"],
"phrases": ["slide open"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to become gradually lower or of less value",
"sensetop": "slide (from…) (to…)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Shares slid to a 10-year low."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to move gradually into a worse situation",
"sensetop": "slide (down/into/towards something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The industry has slid into decline."
},
{
"text": "They were sliding towards bankruptcy."
},
{
"text": "He got depressed and began to **let things slide** *(= failed to give things the attention they needed)*."
},
{
"text": "The Hong Kong economy was sliding into recession."
},
{
"text": "The economy is sliding rapidly downhill."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/slaɪd/",
"audio": "sl/slide/slide__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slaɪdz/",
"audio": "sl/slide/slides__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slɪd/",
"audio": "sl/slide/slid__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/slide/sliding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/slaɪd/",
"audio": "sl/slide/slide__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slaɪdz/",
"audio": "sl/slide/slides__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slɪd/",
"audio": "sl/slide/slid__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/slide/sliding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English slīdan (verb); related to sled and sledge. The noun, first in the sense ‘act of sliding’, is recorded from the late 16th cent."
}