The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLIDE
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More clues leading to the result SLIDE
- Lock-keeper’s slow decline
- Decline to provide cover, if perimeter is lost
- Drop that’s put under the microscope
- One clasping hair of person falling?
- Picture a winter diversion of children
- Runner left out of team? On the contrary
- . Team's in decline — loss sinking in
- Drop first slip's cap on point
- In decline, poor desi’s pocketed lakhier at first
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The straight part
We know that "Decline" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case decline = slide.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SLIDE mean?
SLIDE noun- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (by extension) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
- To move on a low-friction surface.
- To drop down and skid into a base.
- To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- To pass inadvertently.
- To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.