What is "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.]

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.

Slide \Slide\, v. t.

1. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.

2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.

Slide \Slide\, n. [AS. sl[=i]de.]

1. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.

2. Smooth, even passage or progress.

   A better slide into their business.
   --Bacon.

3. That on which anything moves by sliding. Specifically:

   1. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.

   2. A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

4. That which operates by sliding. Specifically:

   1. A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.

   2. (Mach.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.

   3. A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.

5. A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.

6. The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.

7. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
   --Dana.

8. (Mus.)

   1. A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.

   2. An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.

9. (Phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

10. (Steam Engine)

    1. Same as Guide bar, under Guide.

    2. A slide valve. Slide box (Steam Engine), a steam chest. See under Steam. Slide lathe, an engine lathe. See under Lathe. Slide rail, a transfer table. See under Transfer. Slide rest (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding, moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound motion. Slide rule, a mathematical instrument consisting of two parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division. Slide valve.

       1. Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port.

       2. A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the valve gear. It is sometimes called a D valve, -- a name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe used as a sliding valve. [1913 Webster] In the illustration, a is the cylinder of a steam engine, in which plays the piston p; b the steam chest, receiving its supply from the pipe i, and containing the slide valve s, which is shown as admitting steam to one end of the cylinder through the port e, and opening communication between the exhaust passage f and the port c, for the release of steam from the opposite end of the cylinder.

1560s, from slide (v.). As a smooth inclined surface down which something can be slid, from 1680s; the playground slide is from 1890. Meaning "collapse of a hillside, landslide" is from 1660s. As a working part of a musical instrument from 1800 (as in slide-trombone, 1891). Meaning "rapid downturn" is from 1884. Meaning "picture prepared for use with a projector" is from 1819 (in reference to magic lanterns). Baseball sense is from 1886. Slide-guitar is from 1968.

Old English slidan (intransitive, past tense slad, past participle sliden) "to glide, slip, fall, fall down;" figuratively "fail, lapse morally, err; be transitory or unstable," from Proto-Germanic *slidan "to slip, slide" (cognates: Old High German slito, German Schlitten "sleigh, sled"), from PIE root *sleidh- "to slide, slip" (cognates: Lithuanian slystu "to glide, slide," Old Church Slavonic sledu "track," Greek olisthos "slipperiness," olisthanein "to slip," Middle Irish sloet "slide").\n

\nMeaning "slip, lose one's footing" is from early 13c. Transitive sense from 1530s. Phrase let (something) slide "let it take its own course" is in Chaucer (late 14c.). Sliding scale in reference to payments, etc., is from 1842.

n. 1 An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. 2 A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke. 3 The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche. 4 An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down. 5 A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide. 6 The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress. 7 A lever that can be moved in two directions. 8 A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone. 9 A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen. 10 (context baseball English) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base 11 (context sciences English) A flat, rectangular piece of glass on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope. 12 (context music guitar English) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar. 13 (context traditional Irish music and dance English) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time. 14 (context geology English) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. 15 (context music English) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. 16 (context phonetics English) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. 17 A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc. vb. 1 (context ergative English) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface 2 (context intransitive English) To move on a low-friction surface. 3 (context intransitive baseball English) To drop down and skid into a base. 4 (context intransitive English) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface. 5 (context transitive English) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip. 6 (context intransitive obsolete English) To pass inadvertently. 7 (context intransitive English) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance. 8 (context music English) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound. 9 To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

1. v. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew]

2. to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither]

3. move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"

4. [also: slidden, slid]

1. n. a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: microscope slide]

2. (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

3. (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn: swoop]

4. plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide

5. 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]

6. a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector [syn: lantern slide]

7. sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: chute, slideway, sloping trough]

8. [also: slidden, slid]

Slide may refer to:

In baseball, a slide is the action of a player, acting as a baserunner, who drops his body to the ground once he is very close to the base he is approaching and slides along the ground to reach the base.

A baserunner may slide into a base in a number of different ways and for a number of perceived reasons, including to avoid a tag out, to avoid overrunning the base, and to interfere or avoid contact with the defensive player protecting the base. Adult amateur players should determine whether they will benefit by sliding in a particular game situation, and whether an increased risk of injury will make a slide worthwhile.

A slide is a shoe that is backless and open-toed, essentially an open-toed mule. Generally, all slides are not sandals. Thongs and flip flops are normally classified separately. Slides can be high-heeled, flat-heeled or somewhere in between, and may cover nearly the entire foot from ankle to toe, or may have only one or two narrow straps. They usually include a single strap or a sequence of straps across the toes and the lower half of the foot to hold the shoe on the foot. The term is descriptive in that this shoe is easy to 'slide' on and off the foot when the wearer wants to do so. Slides are currently trending because of the desire for a more comfortable shoe that still allows you to participate in the activities and sports that you have done before.

A slide is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder slides sideways either on the deck or on the wheels.

Slide is the fifth album by Lisa Germano. It was released in 1998 by 4AD, and was her last album for the label.

"Slide" was a hit song by R&B/funk band Slave in 1977. Released from their self-titled debut album, it reached number one on the R&B charts in 1977 and peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

The beat for the song was sampled for "Freeze" by Success N Effect.

The slide (Schleifer in German, Coulé in French, Superjectio in Latin) is a musical ornament often found in baroque musical works, but used during many different periods. It instructs the performer to begin two or three scale steps below the marked note and "slide" upward—that is, move stepwise diatonically between the initial and final notes. Though less frequently found, the slide can also be performed in a descending fashion.

The term Slide as used in physical geography refers to the fixed or settled residue of a landslide that has stabilized, sometimes in the form of an alluvial fan. It has become a mostly permanent fixture to the landscape.

Category:Sedimentology Category:Geomorphology

The Slide (stylized SLIDE) is a hoverboard in developed by Lexus. The board has 32 Yttrium-Barium-Copper Oxide superconductors cooled by liquid nitrogen and rides on a magnetic track. Lexus built a skate park in Barcelona, Spain specifically for the SLIDE. The SLIDE was built for the scientific achievement, not for public sale.

Slide is an EP by the band Luna.

Released shortly after Lunapark, Slide follows in familiar footsteps of its predecessor. Consisting of two album tracks from the debut (Slide and a stripped-down demo version of Hey Sister) and an original track (Rollercoaster), the rest of this EP is peppered with cover songs and introduces Sean Eden on two of the six tracks. As would become common on Luna EPs and singles, the cover songs provided on Slide have been given the Luna treatment and aside from The Velvet Underground's "Ride Into the Sun", the songs sound remarkably different from their original versions.

A slide is a part of a wind instrument consisting of two (or more) pieces of tubing fitted one closely inside the other, and used to vary the overall length of the tube, and therefore the pitch of the instrument. Often two sets of tubes are used, with a U bend attaching them; This arrangement is called a single slide.

Slides are used in four main ways:

• In instruments such as the trombone and slide whistle, moving the slide is the main way of selecting the note while playing.
• In instruments such as the trumpet, the slide is moved while playing to help correct the pitch of the note selected by other means.
• In instruments such as the french horn, there are many slides used to tune the instrument, sometimes even during practice.
• Concerning the tuba, many instruments are built so that the first slide may be manipulated during play. This allows compensation for the flat second-space C, a function of being the fifth partial harmonic of the open bugle.

"Slide" is a song recorded by American alternative rock group The Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in September 1998 as the first commercial single release from their sixth studio album, Dizzy Up the Girl.

The song reached number one on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Mainstream Top 40 chart, and number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1998 and early 1999. The song also debuted at #1 on Canada's Singles chart, and stayed on the chart for 70 more weeks. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 18, 2008.

Slide (styled as SLiDE) is an Australian teen drama series which premiered on the Fox8 subscription television channel and aired from 16 August to 18 October 2011. The series follows the lives and exploits of five teenagers making their way into adulthood in the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. FOX8 confirmed in February 2012 a second season was not commissioned.

The series is multi platform and encourages the viewer to view extra content online via apps and social networking such as Facebook and Twitter. Webisodes of events that take place before and after each episodes —titled Before and After Bits— are also available on the show's official YouTube account. The series is the second multi-platform scripted series on Australian television, after the ABC's Fat Cow Motel in 2004.

On 16 August 2012, the show premiered on the American cable network TeenNick.

In Irish traditional music, a slide is a tune type in akin to, and often confused with, a single jig. Slides originated the Sliabh Luachra region of southwestern Ireland.

Though slides contain the same number of beats per tune as a single jig, melodies are phrased in four rather than two beats. Consequently, single jigs are notated as having eight bars per part and slides as having four bars. Furthermore, the pace is quicker than single jigs, often around 150bpm. While single jigs are often danced solo by step dancers, slides are usually danced in groups by set dancers, sometimes in sets with polkas.