Dream Dictionary

Slide

To dream that you or somebody is on a slide, indicates that you are experiencing some instability in your waking life. You may have lost your grip on a situation or relationship.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: slide, microscope slide]
  • 2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
  • 3: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: swoop, slide]
  • 4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide [syn: slide, playground slide, sliding board]
  • 5: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast]
  • 6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector [syn: slide, lantern slide]
  • 7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough]
  • v. 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]
  • 2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither, slide]
  • 3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"