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How to sign: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk";
See also: slip up, trip up, stumble
Similiar / Same: slue, slew, slip, skid
Categories: glide
Within this category: side-slip, skid, submarine
How to sign: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
Similiar / Same: microscope slide
Categories: plate glass, sheet glass
How to sign: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
How to sign: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
Categories: descent
Within this category: avalanche, landslide
How to sign: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
Similiar / Same: lantern slide
Categories: foil, transparency