(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.
(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.
(v. t.) To pass inadvertently.
(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.
(v. t.) To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
(v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible
cassation of sound.
(v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
consequence.
(v. t.) To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one
piece of timber along another.
(v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a
word to vary the sense of a question.
(n.) The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
(n.) Smooth, even passage or progress.
(n.) That on which anything moves by sliding.
(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.
(n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for
amusement.
(n.) That which operates by sliding.
(n.) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over
it.
(n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along
which it slides.
(n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
(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.
(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.
(n.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
(n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by
conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or
below.
(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.
(n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the
vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
(n.) Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
(n.) A slide valve.
