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Slide

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

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Narrower term 6

Avalanche 76% connected

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

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Landslide 76% connected

The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.

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Landslip 76% connected

Alt. of Landslide

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Runway 76% connected

The channel of a stream.

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Skid 76% connected

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Broader term 16

Descent 76% connected

The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Foil 76% connected

To tread under foot; to trample.

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Glide 76% connected

The glede or kite.

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Glissando 76% connected

A gliding effect; gliding.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Gutter 76% connected

A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Plaything 76% connected

A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.

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Toy 76% connected

A plaything for children; a bawble.

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Transparency 76% connected

The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Trough 76% connected

A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray…

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Manner of action 2

Skid 76% connected

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…

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Submarine 76% connected

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Derivationally related 6

Coast 74% connected

The side of a thing.

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Coast 74% connected

The side of a thing.

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Slue 74% connected

A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

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Slue 74% connected

A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

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Swoop 74% connected

To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

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Swoop 74% connected

To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

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Containing whole 1

Playground 70% connected

A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

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Component part 3

Positive 70% connected

Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Section 70% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Skid 70% connected

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…

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Synonym 9

Chute 92% connected

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a whee…

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Coast 92% connected

The side of a thing.

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Glide 92% connected

The glede or kite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skid 92% connected

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Slew 92% connected

of Slay

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Slip 92% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slither 92% connected

To slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slue 92% connected

A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Swoop 92% connected

To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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