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noun • a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study • (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. • (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale • plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide • the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it • a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector • sloping channel through which things can descend verb • move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner • to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly • move smoothly along a surface | ||||
| 29% | 7 | Tried out eliminating two opponents, then tried again | ||
verb • hear or try a court case anew | ||||
| 27% | 11 | Accenting a weak beat instead of a strong beat | ||
noun • (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') • a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat • music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm | ||||
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