verb, slid [slid]
, slid or slid⋅den [slid-n]
, slid⋅ing, noun | 1. | to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill. |
| 2. | to slip or skid. |
| 3. | to glide or pass smoothly. |
| 4. | to slip easily, quietly, or unobtrusively on or as if on a track, channel, or guide rail (usually fol. by in, out, away, etc.). |
| 5. | to pass or fall gradually into a specified state, character, practice, etc. |
| 6. | to decline or decrease: Interest rates are beginning to slide. |
| 7. | Baseball. (of a base runner) to cast oneself, usually feet first, forward along the ground in the direction of the base being approached, to present less of a target for a baseman attempting to make a tag. |
| 8. | to cause to slide, slip, or coast, as over a surface or with a smooth, gliding motion. |
| 9. | to hand, pass along, or slip (something) easily or quietly (usually fol. by in, into, etc.): to slide a note into someone's hand. |
| 10. | an act or instance of sliding. |
| 11. | a smooth surface for sliding on, esp. a type of chute in a playground. |
| 12. | an object intended to slide. |
| 13. | Geology.
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| 14. | a single transparency, object, or image for projection in a projector, as a lantern slide. |
| 15. | Photography. a small positive color transparency mounted for projection on a screen or magnification through a viewer. |
| 16. | a usually rectangular plate of glass on which objects are placed for microscopic examination. |
| 17. | Furniture. a shelf sliding into the body of a piece when not in use. |
| 18. | Music.
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| 19. | a vehicle mounted on runners, for conveying loads, as of grain or wood, esp. over a level surface. |
| 20. | (of a machine or mechanism)
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| 21. | any of various chutes used in logging, mining, or materials handling. |
| 22. | a flat or very low-heeled, backless shoe or slipper that can be slipped on and off the foot easily. |
| 23. | let slide, to allow to deteriorate, pursue a natural course, etc., without intervention on one's part: to let things slide. |
slide (slīd)
n.
A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.
Slide project
A now-retired Jakarta project to develop a repository for content management. Slide is no longer in development. It featured WebDAV, DeltaV WebDAV versioning, different databases and file system storage, transactions and locking, flexible permissions per file and more.
Slide home.
(2008-06-04)