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Definition of SLIDE

1

to move about in a sly or secret manner <slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing>

Synonyms lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, steal

Related Words crawl, creep, edge, inch, worm; ghost, pad, tiptoe

2

to move or proceed smoothly and readily <at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple>

Synonyms bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk

Related Words fly, race, rush, speed

Near Antonyms limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge; shamble, shuffle; stamp, stomp, stump, tramp; labor, toil

Antonyms flounder, struggle

3

to move slowly with the body close to the ground <the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork>

Synonyms belly, creep, grovel, slide, slither, snake, worm, wriggle

Related Words crouch, squat; edge, inch, nose; skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe