The noun slide has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (2) slide, microscope slide -- (a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study)
2. (1) slide -- ((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.)
3. (1) swoop, slide -- ((music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides")
4. (1) slide -- (plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide)
5. (1) slide, glide, coast -- (the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope")
6. slide, lantern slide -- (a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector)
7. chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough -- (sloping channel through which things can descend)
Overview of verb slide
The verb slide has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (18) skid, slip, slue, slew, slide -- (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk")
2. (14) slither, slide -- (to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate")
3. (3) slide -- (move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler")