Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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displace | No | No | Yes | No |
slide | Yes | No | Yes | No |
displace (noun) | slide (noun) |
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the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | |
sloping channel through which things can descend | |
a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector | |
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study | |
plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide | |
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale | |
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. |
displace (verb) | slide (verb) |
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cause to move, usually with force or pressure | to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly |
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner |
take the place of or have precedence over | move smoothly along a surface |
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position |