SLIDE DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slide down mean? 

• SLIDE DOWN (verb)
  The verb SLIDE DOWN has 1 sense:

1. fall or sink heavily

  Familiarity information: SLIDE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIDE DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fall or sink heavily

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

sink; slide down; slump

Context example:

My spirits sank

Hypernyms (to "slide down" is one way to...):

break; cave in; collapse; fall in; founder; give; give way (break down, literally or metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP