4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slid \Slid\, imp. & p. p. of {Slide}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[imac]dan; akin to MHG. sl[imac]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. {Sled}.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller. [1913 Webster] 3. To pass inadvertently. [1913 Webster] Beware thou slide not by it. --Ecclus. xxviii. 26. [1913 Webster] 4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water. [1913 Webster] Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall. [1913 Webster] Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii. 35. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. [1913 Webster] 7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster] With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] With a calm carelessness letting everything slide. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: slide n 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: {microscope slide}] 2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. 3: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: {swoop}] 4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide 5: 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" [syn: {glide}, {coast}] 6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector [syn: {lantern slide}] 7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: {chute}, {slideway}, {sloping trough}] v 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: {skid}, {slip}, {slue}, {slew}] 2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" [syn: {slither}] 3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler" [also: {slidden}, {slid}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: slid See {slide}
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