Etymology : Middle English, from Old English slIdan; akin to Middle High German slIten to slide
Pronunciation : slId
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. act of sliding; inclined surface for sliding on (esp. in a children's playground); part or mechanism which slides; transparency; avalanche, landslide; small rectangular glass which holds a specimen for microscopic viewing. move smoothly across a surface, glide; move easily and quietly; slip, skid; elude, escape, get away; decrease, diminish, deteriorate; pass away quickly or easily. slidelathe, an engine lathe...see:
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slide.
2. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
3. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.
4. To pass inadvertently.
5. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
6. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
7. To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
8. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
9. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
10. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
11. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
12. Smooth, even passage or progress.
13. That on which anything moves by sliding.
14. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.
15. A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.
16. That which operates by sliding.
17. A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.
18. A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.
19. A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
20. A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.
21. The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
22. A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
23. A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
24. An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.
25. A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
26. Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
27. A slide valve. the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler".
28. 1. When something slides somewhere or when you slide it there, it moves there smoothly over or against something. She slid the door open I slid the wallet into his pocket Tears were sliding down his cheeks.
29. If you slide somewhere, you move there smoothly and quietly. He slid into the driver's seat.
30. To slide into a particular mood, attitude, or situation means to gradually start to have that mood, attitude, or situation often without intending to. She had slid into a depression = slip.
31. If currencies or prices slide, they gradually become worse or lower in value. The US dollar continued to slide Shares slid 11p to 293p after brokers downgraded their profit estimates Slide is also a noun. the dangerous slide in oil prices.
32. A slide is a small piece of photographic film which you project onto a screen so that you can see:
the picture. a slide show.
33. A slide is a piece of glass on which you put something that you want to examine through a microscope.
34. A slide is a piece of playground equipment that has a steep slope for children to go down for fun.
35. If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it. The company had let environmental standards slide.