SLIDE, v.i. pret. slid; pp. slid, slidden. 1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without bounding or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, a sled slides on snow and ice; a snow-slip slides down the mountain's side.2. To move along the surface without stepping; as, a man slides on ice.3. To pass inadvertently. Make a door and a bar for thy mouth; beware thou slide not by it.4. To pass smoothly along without jerks or agitation; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.5. To pass in silent unobserved progression. Ages shall slide away without perceiving.6. To pass silently and gradually from one state to another; as, to slide insensibly into vicious practices, or into the customs of others.7. To pass without difficulty or obstruction. Parts answ'ring parts shall slide into a whole.8. To practice sliding or moving on ice. They bathe in summer and in winter slide.9. To slip; to fall.10. To pass with an easy, smooth, uninterrupted course or flow.SLIDE, v.t. 1. To slip; to pass or put in imperceptibly; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.2. To thrust along; or to thrust by slipping; as, to slide along a piece of timber.SLIDE, n. 1. A smooth and easy passage; also, a slider.2. Flow; even course.
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