slide

English

/slaɪd/

verb
Definitions
  • (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface
  • (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
  • (intransitive) To drop down and skid into a base.
  • (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
  • (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
  • (intransitive) To pass inadvertently.
  • (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
  • (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sliden inherited from Old English slīdan (slide) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (slide, glide) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, *sleydʰ- (slip, slide, be slippery, slippery).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sleydʰ-

Gloss

slip, slide, be slippery, slippery

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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