slidden

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slidden - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Slidden \Slid"den\,
     p. p. of Slide.
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  Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. Slid; p. p. Slidden, Slid; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Slidding.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[imac]dan; akin
     to MHG. sl[imac]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.
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     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.
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              They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.
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     3. To pass inadvertently.
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              Beware thou slide not by it.          --Ecclus.
                                                    xxviii. 26.
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     4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
        onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
        slides through the water.
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              Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.
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              Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                    --Pope.
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     5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
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              Their foot shall slide in due time.   --Deut. xxxii.
                                                    35.
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     6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
        perceptible cassation of sound.
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     7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
        consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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              With good hope let he sorrow slide.   --Chaucer.
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              With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
                                                    --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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