slide

(slīd)

1. To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact.
2. To coast on a slippery surface, such as ice or snow.
3. To pass smoothly and quietly; glide: slid past the door without anyone noticing.
4. To go unattended or unacted upon: Let the matter slide.
5. To lose a secure footing or positioning; shift out of place; slip: slid on the ice and fell.
6. a. To move downward: Prices began to slide.
   b. To return to a less favorable or less worthy condition.
7. Baseball To drop down and skid into a base to avoid being put out.

1. To cause to slide or slip: slid the glass down to the other end of the counter.
2. To place covertly or deftly: slid the stolen merchandise into his pocket.

1. A sliding movement or action.
2. A smooth surface or track for sliding, usually inclined: a water slide.
3. A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute mounted by means of a ladder.
4. A part that operates by sliding, as the U-shaped section of tube on a trombone that is moved to change the pitch.
5. An image on a transparent base for projection on a screen.
6. A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.
7. A fall of a mass of rock, earth, or snow down a slope; an avalanche or landslide.
8. Music
   a. A slight portamento used in violin playing, passing quickly from one note to another.
   b. An ornamentation consisting of two grace notes approaching the main note.
   c. A small metal or glass tube worn over a finger or held in the hand, used in playing bottleneck-style guitar.
   d. The bottleneck style of guitar playing.