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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slidden \Slid"den\,
   p. p. of Slide.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. Slid; p. p. Slidden, Slid; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Slidding.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[imac]dan; akin
   to MHG. sl[imac]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.
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   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.
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            They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.
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   3. To pass inadvertently.
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            Beware thou slide not by it.          --Ecclus.
                                                  xxviii. 26.
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   4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
      onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
      slides through the water.
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            Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.
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            Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                  --Pope.
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   5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
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            Their foot shall slide in due time.   --Deut. xxxii.
                                                  35.
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   6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
      perceptible cassation of sound.
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   7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
      consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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            With good hope let he sorrow slide.   --Chaucer.
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            With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
                                                  --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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