Slide and Turn

Slide

Slide verb - To move about in a sly or secret manner.

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Turn and slide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turn" instead a verb "Slide".

Nearby Words: slid, sliding, slider

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Slide and turn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slide" instead a verb "Turn".

Nearby Words: turned, turning

full	full slide	full turn
similar	similar slide	similar turn
short	short slide	short turn
complete	complete slide	complete turn
Other adjectives: single, sharp, nasty, actual, entire, massive, big, huge, slow, infamous, quick, gradual, new, dramatic, final, extra, inevitable, next, last, eventual.

Your excavator glides about, pushing ticking TNT crates that in turn, have a mind of their own and through no fault of your own, slide right out of your bucket when you're trying to use them.

Source: Video Game / Blast Corps
One slide had them facing down some whacked-out tsunami coming to turn California into very tiny dirt clumps.

Source: Plot Armor
Trying to leadfoot your way around the whole track, as you would do in an arcade racing game, will only make you slide right off the turn and into the wall.

Source: Nintendo Hard / Simulation Games

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