slide \slide\, v. t. imp. slid; p. p. slidden, slid; p.
   pr.  vb. n. slidding. oe. sliden, as. slimacdan; akin
   to mhg. slimacten, also to as. slidor slippery, e. sled,
   lith. slidus slippery. cf. sled.
   1. to move along the surface of any body by slipping, or
      without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow
      slides down the mountain's side.
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   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.
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            they bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --waller.
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   3. to pass inadvertently.
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            beware thou slide not by it.          --ecclus.
                                                  xxviii. 26.
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   4. to pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
      onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
      slides through the water.
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            ages shall slide away without perceiving. --dryden.
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            parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                  --pope.
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   5. to slip when walking or standing; to fall.
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            their foot shall slide in due time.   --deut. xxxii.
                                                  35.
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   6. mus. to pass from one note to another with no
      perceptible cassation of sound.
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   7. to pass out of one's thought as not being of any
      consequence. obs. or colloq.
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            with good hope let he sorrow slide.   --chaucer.
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            with a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
                                                  --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
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see also:
slid slidden slidding sled