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.