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. 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.
Slide
(Slide), n. [AS. slide.]
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.
7. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. Dana.
