Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - slide
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v. & n. --v. (past and past part. slid) 1 a intr. move along a smooth surface with continuous contact on the same part of the thing moving (cf. ROLL). b tr. cause to do this (slide the drawer into place). 2 intr. move quietly; glide; go smoothly along. 3 intr. pass gradually or imperceptibly. 4 intr. glide over ice on one or both feet without skates (under gravity or with momentum got by running). 5 intr. (foll. by over) barely touch upon (a delicate subject etc.). 6 intr. & tr. (often foll. by into) move or cause to move quietly or unobtrusively (slid his hand into mine). 7 intr. take its own course (let it slide). --n. 1 a the act or an instance of sliding. b a rapid decline. 2 an inclined plane down which children, goods, etc., slide; a chute. 3 a a track made by or for sliding, esp. on ice. b a slope prepared with snow or ice for tobogganing. 4 a part of a machine or instrument that slides, esp. a slide-valve. 5 a a thing slid into place, esp. a piece of glass holding an object for a microscope. b a mounted transparency usu. placed in a projector for viewing on a screen. 6 Brit. = hair-slide. 7 a part or parts of a machine on or between which a sliding part works. Phrases and idioms let things slide be negligent; allow deterioration. slide fastener US a zip-fastener. slide-rule a ruler with a sliding central strip, graduated logarithmically for making rapid calculations, esp. multiplication and division. slide-valve a sliding piece that opens and closes an aperture by sliding across it. sliding door a door drawn across an aperture on a slide, not turning on hinges. sliding keel Naut. a centreboard. sliding roof a part of a roof (esp. in a motor car) made able to slide and so form an aperture. sliding scale a scale of fees, taxes, wages, etc., that varies as a whole in accordance with variation of some standard. sliding seat a seat able to slide to and fro on runners etc., esp. in a racing-boat to adjust the length of a stroke. Derivatives slidable adj. slidably adv. slider n. Etymology: OE slidan
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I. verb (slid; sliding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slīdan; akin to Middle High German slīten to ~ Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to move smoothly along a surface ; slip, to coast over snow or ice, to fall or dive feetfirst or headfirst when approaching a base, 2. to slip or fall by loss of footing, to change position or become dislocated ; shift, 3. to slither along the ground ; crawl, to stream along ; flow, 4. to move or pass smoothly or easily , to pass unnoticed or unremarked , 5. to pass unobtrusively ; steal, to pass by gradations especially downward , transitive verb 1. to cause to glide or slip, to traverse in a sliding manner, to put unobtrusively or stealthily , II. noun Date: 1570 1. an act or instance of sliding, b. a musical grace of two or more small notes, portamento, a sliding part or mechanism: as, a. a U-shaped section of tube in the trombone that is pushed out and in to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics, a short U-shaped section of tube in a brass instrument that is used to adjust the pitch of the instrument or of individual valves, b. a moving piece (as the ram of a punch press) that is guided by a part along which it ~s, a guiding surface (as a feeding mechanism) along which something ~s, sliding seat, 3. the descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountainside, a dislocation in which one rock mass in a mining lode has slid on another ; fault, 4. a. a slippery surface for coasting, a chute with a slippery bed down which children ~ in play, a channel or track on which something is slid, a sloping trough down which objects are carried by gravity , 5. a flat piece of glass or plastic on which an object is mounted for microscopic examination, a photographic transparency on a small plate or film mounted for projection, bottleneck 3 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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