1
a
: to move smoothly along a surface : slip
b
: to coast over snow or ice
c
of a base runner in baseball
: to fall or dive feetfirst or headfirst when approaching a base
2
a
: to slip or fall by loss of footing
b
: to change position or become dislocated : shift
4
a
: to move or pass smoothly or easily
slid into the prepared speech
b
: to pass unnoticed or unremarked
let the criticism slide
5
a
: to pass unobtrusively : steal
b
: to pass by gradations especially downward
the economy slid from recession to depression
1
a
: to cause to glide or slip
b
: to traverse in a sliding manner
2
: to put unobtrusively or stealthily
slid the bill into his hand
1
a
: an act or instance of sliding
b(1)
: a musical grace of two or more small notes
(2)
2
: a sliding part or mechanism: such as
a(1)
: a U-shaped section of tube in the trombone that is pushed out and in to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics
(2)
: a short U-shaped section of tube in a brass instrument that is used to adjust the pitch of the instrument or of individual valves
b(1)
: a moving piece (such as the ram of a punch press) that is guided by a part along which it slides
(2)
: a guiding surface (such as a feeding mechanism) along which something slides
c
d
: a step-in shoe or slipper
3
a
: the descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountainside
b
: a dislocation in which one rock mass in a mining lode has slid on another : fault
4
a(1)
: a slippery surface for coasting
(2)
: a chute with a slippery bed down which children slide in play
b
: a channel or track on which something is slid
c
: a sloping trough down which objects are carried by gravity
a log slide
5
a
: a flat piece of glass or plastic on which an object is mounted for microscopic examination
b(1)
: a photographic transparency on a small plate or film mounted for projection
(2)
: an electronic image presented as a part of a series
Kyle Patterson, the city's enterprise data strategist, flashed a series of PowerPoint slides with graphs of percentage growth since 1970.—Maria L. La Ganga
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