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Quote:I love drugs, but I hate hangovers, and the hatred of the hangover wins by a landslide every time. [Margaret Cho]



Definitions of: slide

Definition: 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.

Definition: 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.

Definition: To pass inadvertently.

Definition: To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.

Definition: To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

Definition: To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.

Definition: To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

Definition: The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.

Definition: Smooth, even passage or progress.

Definition: That on which anything moves by sliding.

Definition: 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.

Definition: A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

Definition: That which operates by sliding.

Definition: A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.

Definition: A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.

Definition: A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.

Definition: 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.

Definition: 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.

Definition: A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

Definition: A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

Definition: 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.

Definition: A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

Definition: Same as Guide bar, under Guide.

Definition: A slide valve.

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