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slide

verb
  1. To pass smoothly, quietly, and undisturbed on or as if on a slippery surface: coast, drift. See move
  2. To ride on a sled in the snow: sled, sledge. See move
  3. To move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly: glide, glissade, lapse, slip, slither. See move
  4. To move silently and furtively: creep, glide, lurk, mouse, prowl, pussyfoot, skulk, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal. Slang: gumshoe. See move
  5. To move along in a crouching or prone position: crawl, creep, snake, worm. See move
  6. To maneuver gently and slowly into place: ease, glide, slip. See careful, easy
  7. To lose one's balance and fall or almost fall: skid, slip, slither. Idiom: take a skid (or slide). See move
  8. To shift or be shifted out of place: slip. See move
noun
A usually swift downward trend, as in prices: decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slump, tumble. See increase

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