slide : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slide	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for slide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slide n a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study Synonym(s): slide, microscope slide (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" Synonym(s): swoop, slide plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide Synonym(s): slide, playground slide, sliding board the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" Synonym(s): slide, glide, coast a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector Synonym(s): slide, lantern slide sloping channel through which things can descend Synonym(s): chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough v move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" Synonym(s): skid, slip, slue, slew, slide to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" Synonym(s): slither, slide move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slide \Slide\, v. t. 1. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another. 2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slide \Slide\, n. [AS. sl[c6]de.] 1. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice. 2. Smooth, even passage or progress. A better slide into their business. --Bacon. 3. That on which anything moves by sliding. Specifically: (a) 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. (b) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement. 4. That which operates by sliding. Specifically: (a) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it. (b) (Mach.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides. (c) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like. 5. 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. 6. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[c6]dan; akin to MHG. sl[c6]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. {Sled}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller. 3. To pass inadvertently. Beware thou slide not by it. --Ecclus. xxviii. 26. 4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water. Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden. Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope. 5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall. Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii. 35. 6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. 7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.] With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer. With a calm carelessness letting everything slide. --Sir P. Sidney.