slide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Forms: form: slides
form: sliding
form: slid
form: slid
form: slidden
Etymology: From Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan (“to slide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German slītan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German slīden (“to slide”), Middle Dutch slīden (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit स्रेधति (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).
Senses: examples: text: He slid the boat across the grass.
text: The safe slid slowly.
text: Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
glosses: To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
examples: text: The car slid on the ice.
text: They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
ref: c. 1685, Edmund Waller, Of the Invasion and Defeat of the Turks:
glosses: To move on a low-friction surface.
examples: text: Jones slid into second.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To drop down and skid into a base.
examples: text: He slid while going around the corner.
synonyms: slip
glosses: To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
examples: text: to alter the meaning of a question by sliding in a word
text: Schoolchildren sometimes slide each other notes during class.
text: Lachey and Olson have become rather chummy the last couple of years—they slide each other free tickets, they visit each other at practice sessions and games, their wives hang out—and, well, Olson has been filling Lachey’s head with a lot of baseball talk.
ref: 1992 October, Steve Buckley, “Boss Hog: Jim Lachey is the best offensive lineman in football playing on the best team in football”, in Sport, volume 83, number 10, →ISSN, page 64:
glosses: To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
examples: text: He slid me a dirty look.
glosses: To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
examples: text: Beware thou ſlide not by it, leſt thou fall before him that lieth in wait.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiasticus 28:26, column 2:
glosses: To pass inadvertently.
examples: text: A ship or boat slides through the water.
text: Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
ref: 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:
text: Begin vvith Senſe, of ev'ry Art the Soul, / Parts anſw'ring parts ſhall ſlide into a VVhole, […]
ref: 1735, Alexander Pope, “Epistle 4”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 42, lines 59–62:
text: All night no ruder air perplex
⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright
⁠As our pure love, thro’ early light
Shall glimmer on the dewy decks.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto IX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
examples: text: The stock market slid yesterday after major stocks released weak quarterly results.
topics: business
finance
synonyms: slip
glosses: To decrease in amount or value.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
examples: text: Tom and his mates discussed some plan for a few minutes and then Tom sang out: "Who'll go sliding? There's a big bob-sled in the barn and we fixed it up yesterday morning.[…]"
ref: 1913, Alice B. Emerson, Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, Or, Lost in the Backwoods:
text: "They're awful mean not to have taken us slidin' with them," declared Sammy, sitting on the front step and making no effort to continue the work of snow man building. "I love to slide," repeated Dot, sadly.
ref: 1919, Grace Brooks Hill, The Corner House Girls Snowbound:
synonyms: toboggan
sled
glosses: To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
examples: text: "Gotta slide, this is my stop [on the train]."
ref: 1999, Paolo Hewitt, Heaven's Promise, page 12:
text: "Baby what are you doing why are you putting your clothes back on?" "Somebody robbd my nigga I gotta go!" I tell her. With a saddened face, she says, "What do you mean you gotta go, is he okay?" "I don't know I just know I gotta slide, he's pulling up out here any min."
ref: 2021, Virdez Evans, Actions with Consequences, iUniverse, →ISBN:
glosses: To go; to move from one place or to another.
examples: text: England captain Harry Kane missed a great chance to give them the lead shortly after the break but it did not prove costly as Raheem Sterling crowned a smooth move involving Declan Rice, Jack Grealish and Mason Mount to slide home his 16th goal in his past 24 international appearance after 55 minutes.
ref: 2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
Derived terms: aslide
let slide
slide into the DMs, slide into someone's DMs
slide off
slip and slide