slide

verb

1. (ergative)To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.

   “He slid the boat across the grass.”

   “The safe slid slowly.”

   “Snow slides down the side of a mountain.”

2. (intransitive)To move on a low-friction surface.

   “The car slid on the ice.”

   “They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.”

3. (intransitive)To drop down and skid into a base.

   “Jones slid into second.”

4. (intransitive)To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.

   “He slid while going around the corner.”

5. (transitive)To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.

   “to alter the meaning of a question by sliding in a word”

   “Schoolchildren sometimes slide each other notes during class.”

   “Lachey and Olson have become rather chummy the last couple of years—they slide each other free tickets, they visit each other at practice sessions and games, their wives hang out—and, well, Olson has been filling Lachey’s head with a lot of baseball talk.”

6. (transitive)To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).

   “He slid me a dirty look.”

7. (intransitive, obsolete)To pass inadvertently.

   “Beware thou ſlide not by it, leſt thou fall before him that lieth in wait.”

8. (intransitive)To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.

   “A ship or boat slides through the water.”

   “Ages shall slide away without perceiving.”

   “Begin vvith Senſe, of ev'ry Art the Soul, / Parts anſw'ring parts ſhall ſlide into a VVhole, […]”

   “All night no ruder air perplex ⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright ⁠As our pure love, thro’ early light Shall glimmer on the dewy decks.”

9. (intransitive)To decrease in amount or value.

   “The stock market slid yesterday after major stocks released weak quarterly results.”

10. To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
11. (regional)To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.

    “Tom and his mates discussed some plan for a few minutes and then Tom sang out: "Who'll go sliding? There's a big bob-sled in the barn and we fixed it up yesterday morning.[…]"”

    “"They're awful mean not to have taken us slidin' with them," declared Sammy, sitting on the front step and making no effort to continue the work of snow man building. "I love to slide," repeated Dot, sadly.”

12. (intransitive, slang)To go; to move from one place or to another.

    “"Gotta slide, this is my stop [on the train]."”

    “"Baby what are you doing why are you putting your clothes back on?" "Somebody robbd my nigga I gotta go!" I tell her. With a saddened face, she says, "What do you mean you gotta go, is he okay?" "I don't know I just know I gotta slide, he's pulling up out here any min."”

13. To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.

    “England captain Harry Kane missed a great chance to give them the lead shortly after the break but it did not prove costly as Raheem Sterling crowned a smooth move involving Declan Rice, Jack Grealish and Mason Mount to slide home his 16th goal in his past 24 international appearance after 55 minutes.”

noun

1. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

   “The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.”

2. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.

   “skimming over the ice[…]It was a good long slide, and there was something in the motion which Mr. Pickwick, who was very cold with standing still, could not help envying.”

3. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.

   “The slide closed the highway.”

4. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
5. A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.

   “On many semiautomatic pistols, the barrel is beneath the slide.”

6. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.

   “a slide on the ice”

   “Certainly Kings, that haue Able men of their Nobility, ſhall finde eaſe in imploying them; And a better Slide into their Buſineſſe: For People naturally bend to them, as borne in ſome ſort to Command.”

   “Conceptually, this cognitive slide from social to biological was facilitated by the rhetoric of eugenics, which acknowledged few distinctions between the two.”

   “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.”

7. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
8. Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
9. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
10. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.

    “Please hire a vendor to put these boxfuls of slides under a scanner and convert them all to digital images.”

11. (broadly)A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.

    “I still need to prepare some slides for my presentation tomorrow.”

12. In full microscope slide: a flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope.
13. The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
14. A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
15. (Irish, traditional)A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
16. A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
17. A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
18. A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
19. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
20. (Australia, informal)Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.

    “The previous year, on November 30, 2023, Mr Brereton was pictured wearing what is known as "pollies" or polyester 'general duty dress', in which he is seen putting new rank slides on an officer's shoulder.”

21. A pocket in one's pants (trousers).

    “with ten dollars in his slide”

22. A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
23. A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
24. (slang, vulgar)A promiscuous woman, slut.