SLIDE


Meaning of SLIDE in English

I. ˈslīd verb

( slid ˈslid ; slid·ing ˈslī-diŋ)

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slīdan; akin to Middle High German slīten to slide

Date: before 12th century

intransitive verb

1.

a. : to move smoothly along a surface : slip

b. : to coast over snow or ice

c. of a base runner in baseball : to fall or dive feetfirst or headfirst when approaching a base

2.

a. : to slip or fall by loss of footing

b. : to change position or become dislocated : shift

3.

a. : to slither along the ground : crawl

b. : to stream along : flow

4.

a. : to move or pass smoothly or easily

slid into the prepared speech

b. : to pass unnoticed or unremarked

let the criticism slide

5.

a. : to pass unobtrusively : steal

b. : to pass by gradations especially downward

the economy slid from recession to depression

transitive verb

1.

a. : to cause to glide or slip

b. : to traverse in a sliding manner

2. : to put unobtrusively or stealthily

slid the bill into his hand

II. noun

Date: 1570

1.

a. : an act or instance of sliding

b.

(1) : a musical grace of two or more small notes

(2) : portamento

2. : a sliding part or mechanism: as

a.

(1) : a U-shaped section of tube in the trombone that is pushed out and in to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics

(2) : a short U-shaped section of tube in a brass instrument that is used to adjust the pitch of the instrument or of individual valves

b.

(1) : a moving piece (as the ram of a punch press) that is guided by a part along which it slides

(2) : a guiding surface (as a feeding mechanism) along which something slides

c. : sliding seat

3.

a. : the descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountainside

b. : a dislocation in which one rock mass in a mining lode has slid on another : fault

4.

a.

(1) : a slippery surface for coasting

(2) : a chute with a slippery bed down which children slide in play

b. : a channel or track on which something is slid

c. : a sloping trough down which objects are carried by gravity

a log slide

5.

a. : a flat piece of glass or plastic on which an object is mounted for microscopic examination

b. : a photographic transparency on a small plate or film mounted for projection

6. : bottleneck 3

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.