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"
a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
group action in opposition to those in power
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
the high value or worth of something; "her price is far above rubies"
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal; "the cattle thief has a price on his head"
United States operatic soprano (born 1927)
the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"
cost of bribing someone; "they say that every politician has a price"
ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?"
determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high"
any structure that branches out from a central support
the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection"; "a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice"
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
any solid convex shape that juts out from something