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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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