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slide
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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, sneak, slink, slip, snake, stealRelated 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, flow, slip, stream, sweep, whiskRelated Words fly, race, rush, speedNear Antonyms limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge; shamble, shuffle; stamp, stomp, stump, tramp; labor, toilAntonyms 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, crawl, slither, snake, worm, wriggleRelated Words crouch, squat; edge, inch, nose; skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe
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