v.
(past and past part. slid)
- move along a smooth surface, especially downwards, while maintaining continuous contact with it.
- change gradually to a worse condition or lower level.
n.
- a structure with a smooth sloping surface for children to slide down.
▸a smooth stretch of ice or packed snow for sliding or tobogganing on.
- an act of sliding.
▸a part of a machine or instrument that slides.
- a rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope.
- a mounted transparency, especially one placed in a projector for viewing on a screen.
- Brit. a hairslide.
Derivative
- slidable adj.
- slidably adv.
Etymology
OE slīdan (v.); rel. to sled and sledge1.