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
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -meter English
- -o- English
- back English
- backslide English
- backslider English
- backslideth English
- blunt English
- bluntslide English
- board English
- boardslide English
- butt English
- cat English
- catslide English
- downslide English
- groat English
- hair English
- hairslide English
- land English
- landslide English
- lip English
- lipslide English
- microslide English
- midslide English
- mud English
- mudslide English
- nose English
- noseslide English
- out English
- outslide English
- overslide English
- ranchslider English
- rock English
- rockslide English
- show English
- slide-butt English
- slideable English
- slidegroat English
- slideout English
- slider English
- slideshow English
- slidest English
- slideth English
- slideware English
- slideway English
- slidewire English
- slidey English
- slidometer English
- slither English
- slitherer English
- slitherlink English
- slithersome English
- slithery English
- snow English
- snowslide English
- tail English
- tailslide English
- way English
- wire English
- slittare Italian
- luge French
- слайд Russian
- aerodeslizador Spanish, Castilian
- deslizante Spanish, Castilian
- deslizar Spanish, Castilian
- *sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *slidʰ-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
- *sléydʰ-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *sléydʰeti Proto-Indo-European
- deslizar Portuguese
- slide Portuguese
- *slidrōną Proto-Germanic
- *slidô Proto-Germanic
- *slindraz Proto-Germanic
- *slīdaną Proto-Germanic
- スライダー Japanese
- スライド Japanese
- スライドショー Japanese
- slidan Old English
- slīdan Old English
- स्रेधति Sanskrit
- sliden Middle English
- sliding Middle English
- slitheren Middle English
- slajd Czech
- սլայդ Armenian
- سریدن Persian
- *sráydʰati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *sráydʰati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- way
- -o-
- cat
- out
- mud
- lip
- show
- hair
- tail
- wire
- butt
- rock
- snow
- back
- land
- nose
- groat
- board
- blunt
- slidey
- slider
- -meter
- slither
- slidest
- slideth
- slideout
- mudslide
- slithery
- lipslide
- slideway
- midslide
- catslide
- outslide
- slideable
- rockslide
- slideware
- snowslide
- hairslide
- slidewire
- slitherer
- backslide
- landslide
- noseslide
- tailslide
- overslide
- downslide
- slideshow
- bluntslide
- slidegroat
- slidometer
- slide-butt
- microslide
- backslider
- boardslide
- ranchslider
- slitherlink
- slithersome
- backslideth