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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. Slid; p. p. Slidden, Slid; p. pr. & vb. n. Slidding.]

[OE. sliden, AS. sl[=i]dan; akin to MHG. sl[=i]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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Slide \Slide\, n. [AS. sl[=i]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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)