Slide vs Climb - What's the difference?
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(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
To move on a low-friction surface.
* (rfdate), Waller:
(baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
(obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
* Bible, Eccles. xxviii. 26
To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
* (rfdate), Dryden:
* (rfdate), Alexander Pope:
(music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
* (rfdate), Chaucer:
* (rfdate), Philip Sidney:
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
* Francis Bacon
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A lever that can be moved in two directions.
A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
(sciences) A flat, rectangular piece of glass on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope.
(music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
To ascend; rise; to go up.
* Dryden
To mount; to move upwards on.
To scale; to get to the top of something.
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=May 22, author=David Harrison
, title=American boy, 13, is youngest person to climb Everest
, work=Daily Telegraph online
To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
* 1900 , (James Frazer), (The Golden Bough) Chapter 65
* 1900 , , ''(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
* 2008 , Tony Atkins, Dragonhawk - the Turning
to practise the sport of climbing
to jump high
* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 28
, author=Paul Fletcher, title=Man City 4 - 0 Aston Villa, work=BBC
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=September 13
, title=Ospreys Glasgow Magners League, work=South Wales Evening Post
* {{quote-news, year=2001, date=December 29, author=Derick Allsop
, title=Bolton's nine men hit back to steal a point, work=Daily Telegraph online
To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
(botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
An act of climbing.
* 2007 , Nigel Shepherd, Complete Guide to Rope Techniques
The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
* 1999 , B. Keith Jones, The Roomie Do Me Blues
An upwards struggle
* {{quote-news
, year=1998
, date=September 30
, author=AP
, title=Worst May Lie Ahead For Asia, Report Warns
, work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In lang=en terms the difference between slide and climb
is that slide is to pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance while climb is to jump high.As verbs the difference between slide and climb
is that slide is (ergative) to (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface while climb is to ascend; rise; to go up.As nouns the difference between slide and climb
is that slide is an item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again while climb is an act of climbing.slide
English
Verb
- He slid the boat across the grass.
- The safe slid slowly.
- Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
- The car slid on the ice.
- They bathe in summer, and in winter slide .
- Jones slid into second.
- He slid while going around the corner.
- to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question
- Beware thou slide not by it.
- A ship or boat slides through the water.
- Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
- Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
- With good hope let he sorrow slide .
- With a calm carelessness letting everything slide .
Derived terms
* let slideNoun
(en noun)- The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
- (Charles Dickens)
- The slide closed the highway.
- a slide on the ice
- A better slide into their business.
- (Dana)
Synonyms
* (item of play equipment) slippery dip * (inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity) chute * (mechanism of a part which slides on or against a guide) runnerDerived terms
* landslide * mudslide * water slide * hairslideclimb
English
Verb
- Prices climbed steeply.
- Black vapours climb aloft, and cloud the day.
- They climbed the mountain.
- Climbing a tree
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- A priest clad in a white robe climbs the tree and with a golden sickle cuts the mistletoe, which is caught in a white cloth.
- She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure nodded its head to her in a friendly way. Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.
- Cutter and Bolan climbed around the furniture and piled into the back of the truck.
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Usage notes
In the past, the forms clomb'' and ''clumb were encountered as simple past and past participle forms; these forms are now archaic or dialectical.Derived terms
* climb down * climb down someone's throat * climb up * climb the ladder * climb the walls * climber * declimb * have a mountain to climb * unclimbedSynonyms
(get to the top of) * scaleNoun
(wikipedia climb) (en noun)- Make sure that you keep checking to see that everything remains safe throughout the climb .
Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- The Mur de Péguère is a savage little climb , its last four kilometres a narrow tunnel of trees and excited spectators urging on the straining riders.
- I guess the room wasn't so bad, except for the climb to get there. The stairs were destined to be a serious health hazard.
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