slide

[[t]slaɪd[/t]]

v. slid(slid), slid•ing,

1) to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface

2) to slip or skid

3) to glide or pass smoothly

4) to slip easily or unobtrusively on or as if on a track (usu. fol. by in, out, etc.)

5) to pass or fall gradually into a specified state, character, practice, etc

6) cvb to decline or decrease

7) to pursue a natural course without intervention:

to let a matter slide[/ex]

8) spo baseball (of a base runner) to cast oneself forward along the ground towards a base

9) to cause to slide or coast, as over a surface or with a smooth, gliding motion

10) to hand, pass along, or slip (something) easily or quietly (usu. fol. by in, into, etc.)

11) an act or instance of sliding

12) a smooth surface for sliding on, esp. a type of chute in a playground

13) an object intended to slide

14) gel

a) a landslide or the like

b) the mass of matter sliding down

15) pht a transparency, as a frame of positive film, mounted for projection on a screen or magnification through a viewer

16) opt a usu. rectangular plate of glass on which objects are placed for microscopic examination

17) fur a shelf sliding into the body of a piece of furniture when not in use

18) mad aU-shaped section of the tube of an instrument of the trumpet class, as the trombone, that can be pushed in or out to alter the length of the air column and change the pitch

19) (of a machine, mechanism, or device)

a) mac a moving part working on a track or channel

b) mac the surface, track, or channel on which the part moves

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Etymology: bef. 950; ME (v.), OE slīdan, c. MLG slīden, MHG slīten slid′a•ble, adj.