slide

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. 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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To pass inadvertently. Source: opted

4. v. t. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water. Source: opted

5. v. t. To slip when walking or standing; to fall. Source: opted

6. v. t. To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. Source: opted

7. v. t. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. Source: opted

8. v. t. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another. Source: opted

9. v. t. To word/pass">pass or put word/imperceptibly">imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question. Source: opted

10. n. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice. Source: opted

11. n. Smooth, even passage or progress. Source: opted

12. n. That on which anything moves by sliding. Source: opted

13. n. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down. Source: opted

14. n. A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement. Source: opted

15. n. That which operates by sliding. Source: opted

16. n. A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it. Source: opted

17. n. A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides. Source: opted

18. n. A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like. Source: opted

19. n. A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope. Source: opted

20. n. The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide. Source: opted

21. n. A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. Source: opted

22. n. A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. Source: opted

23. n. An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics. Source: opted

24. n. A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. Source: opted

25. n. Same as Guide bar, under Guide. Source: opted

26. n. A slide valve. Source: opted

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