(downward slide)

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• downward slide in the stock exchange — general decrease of the value of shares on the stock market, bear market …   English contemporary dictionary

• slide — vb Slide, slip, glide, skid, glissade, slither, coast, toboggan can mean to move along easily and smoothly over or as if over a surface. Slide usually implies accelerating motion and continuous contact with a smooth and slippery surface; it is… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• slide — [slaɪd] verb slid PTandPP [slɪd] [intransitive] to gradually become lower or less: • Some dealers continued to buy silver as the price slid. • The new model didn t stop their share of the U.S. car market from sliding. slide into something phrasal …   Financial and business terms

• slide — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 in photography ADJECTIVE ▪ colour/color ▪ photographic VERB + SLIDE ▪ show ▪ develop SLI …   Collocations dictionary

• slide — slidable, adj. slidableness, n. /sluyd/, v., slid /slid/, slid or slidden /slid n/, sliding, n. v.i. 1. to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow covered hill. 2. to slip or skid …   Universalium

• slide — [c]/slaɪd / (say sluyd) verb (slid, slid or slidden, sliding) –verb (i) 1. to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow covered hill. 2. to slip, as one losing foothold or as a vehicle skidding. 3.… …  

• slide — I. verb (slid; sliding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slīdan; akin to Middle High German slīten to slide Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move smoothly along a surface ; slip b. to coast over snow …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slide — 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… …   English dictionary for students

• downward — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Downward is used with these nouns: ↑curve, ↑direction, ↑mobility, ↑momentum, ↑motion, ↑movement, ↑plunge, ↑pressure, ↑pull, ↑revision, ↑slide, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• angle of slide — the angle of minimum slope usually measured from the horizontal at which any loose solid material (as earth) will flow compare angle of repose * * * Geol. the minimum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material… …   Useful english dictionary

• tail slide — noun : the tailfirst slide rearward and downward that some airplanes may be made to take after being brought into a stalling position by a steep climb * * * n. a backward movement of an aircraft from a vertical stalled position …   Useful english dictionary