slide: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of slide
verb
- ergative
To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
Example: He slid the boat across the grass.
- intransitive
To move on a low-friction surface.
Example: The car slid on the ice.
- intransitive
To drop down and skid into a base.
Example: Jones slid into second.
- intransitive
To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
Example: He slid while going around the corner.
Listed forms: slides, sliding, slid, slidden.
Source: Wiktionary — slide.
noun
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
Example: The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
Example: The slide closed the highway.
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.
Listed forms: slides.
Source: Wiktionary — slide.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for slide.
noun
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- microscope slide
noun
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
noun
plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- playground slide
- sliding board
noun
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is slide in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of slide
S(1) + L(1) + I(1) + D(2) + E(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of slide
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from slide
34 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in slide. Showing up to 24, longest first.