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slide

[slahyd] /slaɪd/
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verb (used without object), slid
[slid] /slɪd/ (Show IPA), slid or slidden
[slid-n] /ˈslɪd n/ (Show IPA), sliding.
1.
to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface:
to slide down a snow-covered hill.
2.
to slip or skid.
3.
to glide or pass smoothly.
4.
to slip easily, quietly, or unobtrusively on or as if on a track, channel, or guide rail (usually followed by in, out, away, etc.).
5.
to pass or fall gradually into a specified state, character, practice, etc.
6.
to decline or decrease:
Interest rates are beginning to slide.
7.
Baseball. (of a base runner) to cast oneself, usually feet first, forward along the ground in the direction of the base being approached, to present less of a target for a baseman attempting to make a tag.
verb (used with object), slid
[slid] /slɪd/ (Show IPA), slid or slidden
[slid-n] /ˈslɪd n/ (Show IPA), sliding.
8.
to cause to slide, slip, or coast, as over a surface or with a smooth, gliding motion.
9.
to hand, pass along, or slip (something) easily or quietly (usually followed by in, into, etc.):
to slide a note into someone's hand.
noun
10.
an act or instance of sliding.
11.
a smooth surface for sliding on, especially a type of chute in a playground.
12.
an object intended to slide.
13.
Geology.
  1. a landslide or the like.
  2. the mass of matter sliding down.
14.
a single transparency, object, or image for projection in a projector, as a lantern slide.
15.
Photography. a small positive color transparency mounted for projection on a screen or magnification through a viewer.
16.
a usually rectangular plate of glass on which objects are placed for microscopic examination.
17.
Furniture. a shelf sliding into the body of a piece when not in use.
18.
Music.
  1. an embellishment consisting of an upward or downward series of three or more tones, the last of which is the principal tone.
  2. a portamento.
  3. a U -shaped section of the tube of an instrument of the trumpet class, as the trombone, that can be pushed in or out to alter the length of the air column and change the pitch.
19.
a vehicle mounted on runners, for conveying loads, as of grain or wood, especially over a level surface.
20.
  1. a moving part working on a track, channel, or guide rails.
  2. the surface, track, channel, or guide rails on which the part moves.
21.
any of various chutes used in logging, mining, or materials handling.
22.
a flat or very low-heeled, backless shoe or slipper that can be slipped on and off the foot easily.
Idioms
23.
let slide, to allow to deteriorate, pursue a natural course, etc., without intervention on one's part:
to let things slide.
Origin of slide
Middle English
Old English
950
before 950; Middle English sliden (v.), Old English slīdan; cognate with Middle Low German slīden, Middle High German slīten; akin to sled
Related forms
slidable, adjective
slidableness, noun
outslide, verb (used with object), outslid, outslid or outslidden, outsliding.
Synonyms
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1. slither. Slide, glide, slip suggest movement over a smooth surface. Slide suggests a movement of one surface over another in contact with it: to slide downhill. Glide suggests a continuous, smooth, easy, and (usually) noiseless motion: a skater gliding over the ice. To slip is to slide in a sudden or accidental way: to slip on the ice and fall.
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Examples from the Web for slid
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  • The past slid from him so easily, he forgot even to try to forget.

    Malbone Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  • But Allister slid out of his saddle and Dozier stayed in his.

    Way of the Lawless Max Brand

  • He was so astonished at what he saw that he slid behind the open door out of sight.

    In the Midst of Alarms Robert Barr

  • Linda slid down the side of the canyon with the deftness of the expert.

    Her Father's Daughter Gene Stratton-Porter

  • After a little, he slid to the ground and limped over to her.

    Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower
British Dictionary definitions for slid

slide

/slaɪd/
verb slides, sliding, slid (slɪd), slid, slidden (ˈslɪdən)
1.
to move or cause to move smoothly along a surface in continual contact with it: doors that slide open, children sliding on the ice
2.
(intransitive) to lose grip or balance: he slid on his back
3.
(intransitive; usually foll by into, out of, away from, etc) to pass or move gradually and unobtrusively: she slid into the room
4.
(intransitive) usually foll by into. to go (into a specified condition) by degrees, unnoticeably, etc: he slid into loose living
5.
foll by in, into, etc. to move (an object) unobtrusively or (of an object) to move in this way: he slid the gun into his pocket
6.
(intransitive) (music) to execute a portamento
7.
let slide, to allow to follow a natural course, esp one leading to deterioration: to let things slide
noun
8.
the act or an instance of sliding
9.
a smooth surface, as of ice or mud, for sliding on
10.
a construction incorporating an inclined smooth slope for sliding down in playgrounds, etc
11.
(rowing) a sliding seat in a boat or its runners
12.
a thin glass plate on which specimens are mounted for microscopic study
13.
Also called transparency. a positive photograph on a transparent base, mounted in a cardboard or plastic frame or between glass plates, that can be viewed by means of a slide projector
14.
(mainly Brit) Also called hair slide. an ornamental clip to hold hair in place US and Canadian name barrette
15.
(machinery)
  1. a sliding part or member
  2. the track, guide, or channel on or in which such a part slides
16.
(music)
  1. the sliding curved tube of a trombone that is moved in or out to allow the production of different harmonic series and a wider range of notes
  2. a portamento
17.
(music)
  1. a metal or glass tube placed over a finger held against the frets of a guitar to produce a portamento
  2. the style of guitar playing using a slide See also bottleneck (sense 3)
18.
(geology)
  1. the rapid downward movement of a large mass of earth, rocks, etc, caused by erosion, faulting, etc
  2. the mass of material involved in this descent See also landslide
Derived Forms
slidable, adjective
slider, noun
Word Origin
Old English slīdan; related to slidor slippery, sliderian to slither, Middle High German slīten
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Word Origin and History for slid

past tense and past participle of slide (v.).

slide

v.

Old English slidan (intransitive, past tense slad, past participle sliden) "to glide, slip, fall, fall down;" figuratively "fail, lapse morally, err; be transitory or unstable," from Proto-Germanic *slidan "to slip, slide" (cf. Old High German slito, German Schlitten "sleigh, sled"), from PIE root *sleidh- "to slide, slip" (cf. Lithuanian slystu "to glide, slide," Old Church Slavonic sledu "track," Greek olisthos "slipperiness," olisthanein "to slip," Middle Irish sloet "slide").

Meaning "slip, lose one's footing" is from early 13c. Transitive sense from 1530s. Phrase let (something) slide "let it take its own course" is in Chaucer (late 14c.). Sliding scale in reference to payments, etc., is from 1842.

slide

n.

1560s, from slide (v.). As a smooth inclined surface down which something can be slid, from 1680s; the playground slide is from 1890. Meaning "collapse of a hillside, landslide" is from 1660s. As a working part of a musical instrument from 1800 (e.g. slide-trombone, 1891). Meaning "rapid downturn" is from 1884. Meaning "picture prepared for use with a projector" is from 1819 (in reference to magic lanterns). Baseball sense is from 1886. Slide-guitar is from 1968.

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slid in Medicine

slide (slīd)
n.
A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.

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slid in Science
slide
  (slīd)   

  1. A mass movement of earth, rocks, snow, or ice down a slope. Slides can be caused by an accumulation of new matter or of moisture in the overlying material, or by erosion within or below the material. They are often triggered by an earthquake or other disturbance such as an explosion.

  2. The mass of material resulting from such a process.


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Slang definitions & phrases for slid

slide

noun

  1. A delay in collecting a debt: How about a slide on my rent? (1990s+)
  2. Something easily done; cinch, piece of cake

verb

To depart; split (1859+)

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Idioms and Phrases with slid

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