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