What is "slidding"

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.]

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.