unslide

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From un- +‎ slide.

Verb

[edit]

unslide (third-person singular simple present unslides, present participle unsliding, simple past and past participle unslid)

  1. (transitive) To slide back; to open or unfasten by sliding.
    • 1848, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, Amymone: A Romance of the Days of Pericles, volume 1, page 160:
      Cleon stepped cautiously forward; and unsliding the bolt, by means of a small pin outside, he half opened the door.