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Definitions of slide

1. To pass along smoothly; to pass inadvertently; to pass unobserved; to pass silently and gradually; to glide; to slip; to fall. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

2. To pass over a surface with a smooth movement; move easily and smoothly. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

3. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

4. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

5. To pass inadvertently. Webster Dictionary DB

6. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water. Webster Dictionary DB

7. To slip when walking or standing; to fall. Webster Dictionary DB

8. To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. Webster Dictionary DB

9. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. Webster Dictionary DB

10. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another. Webster Dictionary DB

11. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question. Webster Dictionary DB

12. To push along; cause to slip into place; to put quietly and unobserved. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

13. To thrust along: to slip:-pa.t. slid; pa.p. slid or slidden. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

14. To pass smoothly over a surface; glide; to go away quietly or secretly: with away; slip. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

15. To slip or glide: to pass along smoothly: to fall. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

16. move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

17. 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" Wordnet Dictionary DB

18. To move along the surface; slip; fall. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

19. To slip; to thrust along. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

20. To move by slipping; to move along the surface without walking; to pass smoothly along; to pass silently and gradually from one state to another; to glide; to fall; to lapse; to pass along silently and easily, as on ice. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

21. sloping channel through which things can descend Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

22. a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

23. plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

24. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

25. (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

26. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice. Webster Dictionary DB

27. Smooth, even passage or progress. Webster Dictionary DB

28. That on which anything moves by sliding. Webster Dictionary DB

29. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

30. A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement. Webster Dictionary DB

31. That which operates by sliding. Webster Dictionary DB

32. A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it. Webster Dictionary DB

33. A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides. Webster Dictionary DB

34. A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like. Webster Dictionary DB

35. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

36. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

37. A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. Webster Dictionary DB

38. A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. Webster Dictionary DB

39. An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics. Webster Dictionary DB

40. A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. Webster Dictionary DB

41. Same as Guide bar, under Guide. Webster Dictionary DB

42. A slide valve. Webster Dictionary DB

43. A surface of ice for sliding upon; smooth incline; a glass plate containing a picture for projection on a screen or an object for examination through a microscope; fall of a mass of rock or snow down a mountain; that upon which anything moves by sliding; a cover, partition, etc., which moves by sliding. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

44. Slider. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

45. A smooth passage: the fall of a mass of earth or rock: a smooth declivity: a slider: (music) two notes sliding into each other. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

46. A smooth passage or declivity; fall of a mass of earth or rock. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

47. The act of sliding. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

48. A place for sliding. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

49. A smooth and easy passage; flow; a surface of ice to slide on; a smooth declivity; a grace consisting of two small notes moving by degrees; something which slides. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

50. An even smooth course; a smooth and easy passage; a miner's term for a minor slip or dislocation of the strata; in music, a grace consisting of two small notes moving by degrees. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

51. Slid. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

52. Slidden, slid. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

Usage examples for slide

1. You come and slide with me right to once. – Dorothy at Oak Knowe by Evelyn Raymond

2. Ride on, and I'll jine ye on the slide – Drift from Two Shores by Bret Harte