The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slidden \Slid"den\, p. p. of Slide.
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.]
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.
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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.
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To pass inadvertently.
Beware thou slide not by it.
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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.
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To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
Their foot shall slide in due time.
--Deut. xxxii. 35. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (context obsolete English) (past participle of slide English)
WordNet
n. a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: microscope slide]
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: swoop]
plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" [syn: glide, coast]
a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector [syn: lantern slide]
sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: chute, slideway, sloping trough]
v. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew]
to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither]
move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
See slide
Usage examples of "slidden".
Before you go the fusuma are slidden back, and what was your room becomes part of a great, open, matted space--an arrangement which effectually prevents fustiness.