slide - noun

a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

sloping channel through which things can descend

slide - verb

• move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
• to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
• move smoothly along a surface

slide - thesaurus

chute   coast   glide   skid   slew   slideway   slip   slither   slue   swoop