Slide and Wave

Slide

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

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

Nearby Words: slid, sliding, slider

Wave verb - To direct or notify by a movement or gesture.

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Slide and wave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slide" instead a verb "Wave".

Nearby Words: waved, waving, wavy, wavelet, waveband

long	long slide	long wave
similar	similar slide	similar wave
short	short slide	short wave
complete	complete slide	complete wave
Other adjectives: endless, single, entire, massive, large, big, huge, little, quick, final, last, giant, electric.

hand	slide hand	wave hand
fact	slide fact	wave fact

As a result, Mark Normanby becomes Prime Minister on a wave of sympathy; and the framing of an English Jew and an Irishman alleged to be an anarchist helps complete the country's slide into fascism.

Source: Everybody Did It
Herd them onto a bus (or train, or airplane), slide scenery past the windows, get a few friends to dress up in foreign costumes and wave as they "go past" — sure, it's a bit zany, but it should work.

Source: Fauxtastic Voyage
Artistic License Geology: Volcanic eruptions can generate tsunamis, but they do so when the eruption causes part of the mountain to break off and slide into the ocean at high speed (creating a wave that moves away from the mountain).

Source: Film / Pompeii

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