slide down meaning

Definition of slide down

1. fall or sink heavily
   • He slumped onto the couch
   • My spirits sank

   Synonyms: slump, sink

   Type of: collapse

slide down in a sentence

• The pelican opened its beak and let the fish slide down its gullet.
• When I was a child, I used to like sliding down the staircase banister.
• Kalman was sliding down the stairs.
• Ziri began to slide down into the ravine.
• Ziri was sliding down the edge of the mountain.

How to pronounce slide down

slide down is pronounced /slaɪd daʊn/ in British English and /slaɪd daʊn/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.