{
    "term": "slide",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "slide",
            "heSheIt": "slides"
        },
        "pastSimple": "slid",
        "pastParticiple": "slid",
        "ingForm": "sliding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to move easily over a smooth or wet surface; to make something move in this way",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.slide something + adv./prep.slide + adjslide something + adj.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As I turned left on a bend, my car started to slide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We slid down the grassy slope.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A plane slid off the runway in Denver on Sunday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drawers slide in and out easily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She slid her hand along the rail.",
                    "contextForm": "slide something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can slide the front seats forward if necessary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The automatic doors slid open.",
                    "contextForm": "slide + adj"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Quietly, she slid the drawer shut.",
                    "contextForm": "slide something + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tears slid slowly down his pale cheek."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The melting snow began to slide from the sloping roofs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a vehicle that will slide smoothly across snow"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["slowly", "quickly", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["across", "along", "down"],
                "phrases": ["slide open"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to move quickly and quietly, for example in order not to be noticed; to make something move in this way",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.slide something + adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He slid into bed.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She slid out while no one was looking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The man slid the money quickly into his pocket.",
                    "contextForm": "slide something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He slid a shy look at Claire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moon slid silently behind a cloud."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her eyes slid away from his own in embarrassment."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "slip",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["slowly", "quickly", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["across", "along", "down"],
                "phrases": ["slide open"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to become gradually lower or of less value",
            "sensetop": "slide (from…) (to…)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Shares slid to a 10-year low."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to move gradually into a worse situation",
            "sensetop": "slide (down/into/towards something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The industry has slid into decline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were sliding towards bankruptcy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got depressed and began to **let things slide** *(= failed to give things the attention they needed)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Hong Kong economy was sliding into recession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy is sliding rapidly downhill."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slaɪd/",
                "audio": "sl/slide/slide__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slaɪdz/",
                "audio": "sl/slide/slides__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slɪd/",
                "audio": "sl/slide/slid__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈslaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sl/slide/sliding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slaɪd/",
                "audio": "sl/slide/slide__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slaɪdz/",
                "audio": "sl/slide/slides__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slɪd/",
                "audio": "sl/slide/slid__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈslaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sl/slide/sliding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English slīdan (verb); related to sled and sledge. The noun, first in the sense ‘act of sliding’, is recorded from the late 16th cent."
}