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Slid (?), imp. & p. p. of Slide.
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Slide (?), v. t. [imp. Slid (?); p. p. Slidden (?), Slid; p. pr. & vb. n. Slidding (?).] [OE. sliden, AS. slīdan; akin to MHG. slīten, 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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