Slide Definition
slīd
slid, slides, sliding
verb
slid, slides, sliding
To move along in constant frictional contact with some surface or substance.
Windows that slide open.
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To move in this manner on a sled, the feet, etc. in contact with a smooth surface, esp. snow or ice.
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To participate in a sport that involves such movement.
Sliding for a medal in luge.
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To move quietly and smoothly; glide.
Webster's New World
To shift from a position; slip.
The wet cup slid from his hand.
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noun
slides
An act of sliding.
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A smooth, usually inclined track, surface, or chute down which to slide, as on a playground.
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A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute climbed onto by means of a ladder.
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Something that works by sliding; part that slides or is slid on.
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A photographic transparency mounted for use with a viewer or projector.
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adjective
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idiom
let something slide
- to fail to take some expected or required action on something
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Other Word Forms of Slide
Noun
Singular:
slide
Plural:
slidesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Slide
Origin of Slide
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From Middle English sliden, from Old English slÄ«dan (“to slide"), from Proto-Germanic *slÄ«danÄ… (“to slide, glide"), from Proto-Indo-European *sleidh- (“to slip"). Cognate with Old High German slÄ«tan (German schlittern, “to slide"), Middle Low German slÄ«den (“to slide"), Middle Dutch slÄ«den (Dutch sledderen, “to slide").
From Wiktionary
Middle English sliden from Old English slīdan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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