Slidden

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slidden \Slid"den\,
     p. p. of {Slide}.
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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.
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     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.
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              They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.
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     3. To pass inadvertently.
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              Beware thou slide not by it.          --Ecclus.
                                                    xxviii. 26.
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     4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
        onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
        slides through the water.
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              Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.
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              Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                    --Pope.
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     5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
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              Their foot shall slide in due time.   --Deut. xxxii.
                                                    35.
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     6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
        perceptible cassation of sound.
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     7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
        consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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              With good hope let he sorrow slide.   --Chaucer.
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              With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
                                                    --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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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]:

  slidden
       See {slide}