2. n. A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines
3. n. The building in which such a machine is placed.
4. n. A person who specializes in breaking things.
5. n. (chiefly in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
6. n. (colloquial) A breakdancer.
7. n. A user of CB radio.
8. n. A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck.
lamina
1. n. Feuille de métal, lame.
lamina
1. n. a very thin layer of material
2. n. (anatomy) a thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra
3. n. (botany) the flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade
4. n. (geology) a fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks
1. v. To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
He slid the boat across the grass.
The safe slid slowly.
Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
2. v. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
The car slid on the ice.
3. v. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
Jones slid into second.
4. v. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
He slid while going around the corner.
5. v. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question
6. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
7. v. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
A ship or boat slides through the water.
8. v. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
9. v. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
10. n. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
11. n. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
12. n. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
The slide closed the highway.
13. n. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
14. n. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
15. n. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
a slide on the ice
16. n. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
17. n. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
18. n. (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
19. n. (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
I still need to prepare some slides for my presentation tomorrow.
20. n. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
21. n. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
22. n. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
23. n. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
24. n. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
25. n. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
26. n. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
27. n. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
28. n. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
29. n. (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
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