slide

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan (to slide), from Proto-Germanic *slīdanan (to slide, glide), from Proto-Indo-European *sleidh- (to slip). Cognate with Old High German slītan (German schlittern, to slide), Middle Low German slīden (to slide), Middle Dutch slīden (Dutch sledderen, to slide).

[edit] Verb

slide (third-person singular simple present slides, present participle sliding, simple past and past participle slid)

  1. (transitive) To cause to move in continuous contact with a surface
    He slid the boat across the grass.
  2. (intransitive) To move in continuous contact with a surface.
    The safe slid slowly.
  3. (intransitive) To move on a low friction surface.
    The car slid on the ice.
  4. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
    Jones slid into second.
  5. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
    He slid while going around the corner.
  6. (intransitive) To let pass without action.
    The administrator let the minor infraction slide with only a disapproving look.

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[edit] Noun

slide (plural slides)

  1. A toy for children where they climb up and then slide down again.
    The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
  2. The event of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones moving down the slope of a hill or from a mountain.
    The slide closed the highway.
  3. The act of sliding, moving downwards in general.
    • 2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, BBC:
      But for West Brom it was further evidence they are struggling to arrest a slide down the table where they are now three points above the relegation zone after their sixth loss in seven league matches.
  4. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
  5. A valve that works by sliding such as in a trombone.
  6. A transparent image, to be projected to a screen.
  7. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
  8. (sciences) A flat, rectangular piece of glass on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope; a microscope slide.
  9. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.

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