To move bodily along a surface without ceasing to touch it, the same points of the moving body remaining always in contact with that surface; move continuously along a surface without rolling: as, to slide down hill.Specifically, to glide over the surface of snow or ice on the feet, or (in former use) on skates, or on a sled, toboggan, or the like.To slip or pass smoothly; glide on ward.To pass gradually from one state or condition to another.In music, to pass or progress from tone to tone without perceptible step or skip—that is, by means of a portamento.To go without thought or attention; pass unheeded or without attention or consideration; be unheeded or disregarded; take care of itself (or of themselves): used only with let: as, to let things slide.To slip away: as, the ladder slid from under him.Especially To slip away quietly or in such a way as not to attract attention; make off quietly.To disappear just when wanted, as by the police; “slope”; “skip.”To make a slip; commit a fault; backslide. See sliding, n., 4.A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall and rise in the prices of the goods.A scale of wages which rises and falls with the market price of the goods turned out.A scale of prices for manufactured goods which is regulated by the rise and fall in price of the raw material, etc.Same as sliding-rule.Synonyms andSlide, Slip, Glide. We slide or slip on a smooth surface: we slide by intention; we slip in spite of ourselves. In the Bible slide is used for slip. Slide generally refers to a longer movement: as, to slide down hill; to slip on the ice. We glide by a smooth and easy motion, as in a boat over or through the water.To cause to glide or move along a surface without bounding, rolling, stepping, etc.; thrust or push along in contact with a surface.To slip gently; push, thrust, or put quietly or imperceptibly.To glide over or through.n. A smooth and easy passage.n. Flow; even course; fluency.n. In music:n. A melodic embellishment or grace, consisting of an upward or a downward series of three or more tones, the last of which is the principal tone. It may be considered as an extension of an appoggiatura. Also sliding-relish.n. Same as portamento.n. The transition of one articulate sound into another; a glide: an occasional use.n. A smooth surface, especially of ice, for sliding on.n. An inclined plane for facilitating the descent of heavy bodies by the force of gravity; a shoot, as a timber-shoot, a shoot (mill or puss) in a mine, etc.n. A land-slip; an avalanche.n. In mining, a fissure or crack, either empty or filled with flucan, crossing the lode and throwing it slightly out of its position.n. That part of an instrument or apparatus which slides or is slipped into or out of place.n. A slip or inadvertence.n. Some arrangement on which anything slides, as (in the plural) slides, a term used in some mines as the equivalent of cage-guides.n. An object holding by friction upon a band, tag, cord, or the like, and serving to hold its parts or strands in place.n. A slide-valve.n. An inclined plane up which hay is drawn by horse-power on to a rick by means of a net and a cable running over the top of the rick. The net, when emptied, is drawn back by a horse with a long rope. This method is practised on very large ranches.