move smoothly

  • 1slide — slide1 W3 [slaıd] v past tense and past participle slid [slıd] [: Old English; Origin: slidan] 1.) [I and T] to move smoothly over a surface while continuing to touch it, or to make something move in this way slide along/across/down etc ▪… …

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  • 2slide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. glide, slip, coast, skim; steal, pass. See motion, descent. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move with a sliding motion] Syn. glide, skate, skim, slip, coast, skid, toboggan, move along, move over, move… …

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  • 3Exact sciences (The) in Hellenistic times: texts and issues — The exact sciences in Hellenistic times: Texts and issues1 Alan C.Bowen Modern scholars often rely on the history of Greco Latin science2 as a backdrop and support for interpreting past philosophical thought. Their warrant is the practice… …

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  • 4run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9… …

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  • 5slip — slip1 W2S3 [slıp] v past tense and past participle slipped present participle slipping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(fall or slide)¦ 2¦(go somewhere)¦ 3¦(put something somewhere)¦ 4¦(give something to somebody)¦ 5¦(move)¦ 6¦(knife)¦ 7¦(get worse)¦ …

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  • 6Computer animation — Further information: Animation and Computer generated imagery An example of computer animation which is produced in the motion capture technique Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer… …

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  • 7wave — 1 /weIv/ noun 1 ON THE SEA (C) a line of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea: Dee watched the waves breaking on the rocks. 2 OF YOUR HAND (countable usually singular) a movement of your hand or arm from side to side 3 OF… …

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  • 8slide — slide1 [ slaıd ] noun count ** ▸ 1 something children play on ▸ 2 sliding movement ▸ 3 reduction in amount ▸ 4 piece of film/glass ▸ 5 fall of rock/earth etc. 1. ) a structure that children play on by climbing up steps and sliding down a slope on …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9slide */*/ — I UK [slaɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms slide : singular slide plural slides 1) a structure that children play on by climbing up steps and sliding down a slope on the other side 2) a sliding movement My bike went into a slide. 3) a… …

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  • 10glide — glidingly, adv. /gluyd/, v., glided, gliding, n. v.i. 1. to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater. 2. to pass by gradual or unobservable change (often fol. by along, away,… …

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