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\, 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.
Meanwhile, as Barnett awaited the SEC's green-light on the offering, its shares slid several points to below what it considered an acceptable offering price.
The company's stock, which had traded as high as $22.50 during the past year, slid to $13 after the FDA hearing and closed yesterday at $8.75, down 50 cents, in national over-the-counter trading.
One surviving passenger reportedly told investigators that the bus driver said, "Hang on tight, I have no brakes," moments before the bus slid over the cliff.
The market opened lower following Wall Street's sharp decline Monday, rallied around midday as several key stocks attracted investor interest, and then slid back into negative territory as Wall Street opened weaker.
Its shares slid from 82p to 70p.
Their price slid to 83.60 points from 84.72 points.
Fixed-income funds were off 1.92%, income funds slid 1.19% and convertible funds dipped 0.13%.
All at once Samir slid to the ground, and putting on Othman's head in place of his own, started crawling towards me.
Net income for the six months slid 70% to $27.9 million, or 86 cents a share, from $91.9 million, or $2.68 a share, in the year-earlier six months.
Energy futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange slid below psychological resistance points as traders continued to bet on near-term peace in the Persian Gulf.
In Missouri, police said slick roads caused dozens of traffic accidents, including one in which a couple was killed when their car slid out of control on Missouri Route 43 in Barton County and slammed head-on into another car.
'I'm sure they will come,' said an election official peering anxiously at the empty streets. The day slid by, much like any other weekend.
Corporate & Junk Bonds The province of Ontario's dollar-denominated bonds slid after Moody's Investors Service Inc. withdrew its triple-A rating on the Canadian province.
Gillette, which has been the subject of many takeover rumors, slid 7/8 to 42 3/8.
United Technologies' profit slid 8.5% in the fourth quarter.
When you parked, you slid across the seats - lovely soft ones they were, too - and stepped straight on to the pavement. The heater was adequate and the fresh-air ventilation primitive but effective.
Horgan mounted the hood of the slowly moving car and pounded on the windshield, but slid off and hit his head on the pavement, according to the police account.
Rockwell International Corp., aided by a lower tax rate, reported a 33% rise in net income for the fiscal fourth quarter although operating profit slid sharply.
Actmedia slid 4 1/4 to 18 3/4 in active over-the-counter trading.
First-quarter sales of imported light trucks slid to 168,908 from 204,424 in the 1987 first quarter.
News that Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has made two issues of preferred shares weighed heavily on the sector and CIBC slid CDollars 7/8 to CDollars 24.
As prices slid, traders said that demand suddenly materialized.
But the real hit came from its price-cutting campaign in the UK, where newspaper profits slid 15 per cent.
Treasury issues, which fell Tuesday, slid about 3/8 point yesterday.
After closing its cartoon studio in 1962, Warner burned several hundred thousand to make space for its publicity department. Disney old-timers tell of parties at which folks slid around the floor on them once a cartoon was in the can.
Three attorneys fron Wichita were killed when their car slid out of control and collided with a truck on the Kansas Turnpike near El Dorado.
The concerted effort to "talk up" the dollar follows three weeks in which the currency has slid lower in foreign exchange markets.
A lower tax bill flattered after-tax income, but distributable profit slid to R107m from R111m.
It later closed at BFr21.77. The currency slid sharply in the exchange rate mechanism grid.
In contrast, Digital Communications Associates, at some $600 million the largest telecommunications equipment issue on Nasdaq, slid 14% this week to $38.50 a share, after rising 60% in price in the first nine months.