SLIDE

Definitions

1. 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.
2. 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. They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. Waller.
3. 3. To pass inadvertently. Beware thou slide not by it. Ecclus. xxviii. 26.
4. 4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water. Ages shall slide away without perceiving. Dryden. Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. Pope.
5. 5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall. Their foot shall slide in due time. Deut. xxxii. 35.
6. 6. To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
7. 7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.] With good hope let he sorrow slide. Chaucer. With a calm carelessness letting everything slide. Sir P. Sidney.