Slide v. t. [imp. Slid p. p. Slidden Slid; p. pr. & vb. n. Slidding ]
 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.