Definition of "slide"

slide

/slaɪd/

verb
third-person singular simple present slides, present participle sliding, simple past slid, past participle slid or (archaic) slidden
1. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
2. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
  Quotations
  They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
  c. 1685, Edmund Waller, Of the Invasion and Defeat of the Turks
3. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
4. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
5. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
  Quotations
  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.
  1992 October, Steve Buckley, “Boss Hog: Jim Lachey is the best offensive lineman in football playing on the best team in football”, in Sport, volume 83, number 10, page 64
6. (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
  Quotations
  Beware thou ſlide not by it, leſt thou fall before him that lieth in wait.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Ecclesiasticus 28:26, column 2
8. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
  Quotations
  Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
  1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
  Begin vvith Senſe, of ev'ry Art the Soul, / Parts anſw'ring parts ſhall ſlide into a VVhole, […]
  1735, Alexander Pope, “Epistle 4”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], page 42, lines 59–62
  All night no ruder air perplex⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright⁠As our pure love, thro’ early lightShall glimmer on the dewy decks.
  1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], canto IX
9. (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
10. (music) 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.
  Quotations
  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. […] "
  1913, Alice B. Emerson, Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, Or, Lost in the Backwoods‎
  "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.
  1919, Grace Brooks Hill, The Corner House Girls Snowbound‎
12. (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
  Quotations
  "Gotta slide, this is my stop [on the train]."
  1999, Paolo Hewitt, Heaven's Promise, page 12
  "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."
  2021, Virdez Evans, Actions with Consequences, iUniverse
13. (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
  Quotations
  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.
  2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC‎
noun
plural slides
1. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
2. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
  Quotations
  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.
  1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “How the Pickwickians Made and Cultivated the Acquaintance of a Couple of Nice Young Men Belonging to One of the Liberal Professions; How They Disported Themselves on the Ice; and How Their Visit Came to a Conclusion”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, page 312
3. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
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 consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
6. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
  Quotations
  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.
  1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Nobility. XIIII.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, page 75
  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.
  2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, in BBC‎
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. (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
11. (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
12. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
13. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
14. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
15. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
16. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
17. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
18. (phonetics) 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. A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
21. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
22. (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
23. (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.