4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slide \Slide\, v. t.
1. To cause to slide; to thrust along as to slide one piece
of timber along another.
2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as to slide in a
word to vary the sense of a question.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p.
pr & vb n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS sl[=i]dan; akin to
MHG. sl[=i]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
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.
They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.
3. To pass inadvertently.
Beware thou slide not by it --Ecclus.
xxviii. 26.
4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly to move gently
onward without friction or hindrance; as a ship or boat
slides through the water.
Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.
Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
--Pope.
5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii
35.
6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
perceptible cassation of sound.
7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer.
With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slide \Slide\, n. [AS. sl[=i]de.]
1. The act of sliding; as a slide on the ice.
2. Smooth, even passage or progress.
A better slide into their business. --Bacon.
3. That on which anything moves by sliding. Specifically:
a 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
b A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for
amusement.
4. That which operates by sliding. Specifically:
a A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding
over it
b (Mach.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or
parts along which it slides.
c A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like
5. 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.
6. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
slide
n 1: flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be
mounted for microscopic study
2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or
snow etc
3: rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist
was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: {swoop}]
4: a sloping chute down which children can slide
5: the act of sliding or gliding [syn: {glide}]
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},
{sloping trough}]
v 1: slide sideways [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"
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