v. 1 glide, slip; coast, skim, glissade, skate, plane, skid, toboggan, slither The drawer slid smoothly out on its runners Terry came sliding down the icy hill, arms and legs flailing. 2 creep, steal, slip, slink, move My contact slid into the seat beside me and slipped me a note 3 decline, decrease, drop, fall Shares slid to an all-time low on this morning's market 4 let slide. forget, ignore, neglect, gloss or pass over, pay no heed or mind (to) When Mr Bartlett borrowed my lawnmower, I let the matter slide till he began to think of it as his own, and offered to lend it to me!
n. 5 landslide, earth-slip, avalanche, mud-slide A dozen houses were destroyed in the slides caused by the recent torrential rains