Definition: slide

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

slide
     n 1: flat rectangular plate (a piece of glass) on which specimens
          can be mounted for microscopic study
     2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or
        snow etc.
     3: rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist
        was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: swoop]
     4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children
        can slide
     5: the act of sliding or gliding [syn: glide]
     6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide
        projector [syn: lantern slide]
     7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: chute,
         slideway, sloping trough]
     v 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
          manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn:
          skid, slip, slue, slew]
     2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly: "They slid
        through the wicket in the big gate," [syn: slither]
     3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to
        the other gambler"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Slide \Slide\, v. t.
   1. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece
      of timber along another.

   2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a
      word to vary the sense of a question.
Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. Slid; p. p. Slidden, Slid; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Slidding.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[=i]dan; akin to
   MHG. sl[=i]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.

   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.

            They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.

   3. To pass inadvertently.

            Beware thou slide not by it.          --Ecclus.
                                                  xxviii. 26.

   4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
      onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
      slides through the water.

            Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.

            Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                  --Pope.

   5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

            Their foot shall slide in due time.   --Deut. xxxii.
                                                  35.

   6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
      perceptible cassation of sound.

   7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
      consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]

            With good hope let he sorrow slide.   --Chaucer.

            With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
                                                  --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
Slide \Slide\, n. [AS. sl[=i]de.]
   1. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.

   2. Smooth, even passage or progress.

            A better slide into their business.   --Bacon.

   3. That on which anything moves by sliding. Specifically:
      (a) 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.
      (b) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for
          amusement.

   4. That which operates by sliding. Specifically:
      (a) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding
          over it.
      (b) (Mach.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or
          parts along which it slides.
      (c) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.

   5. 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.

   6. 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.