Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Preteit and past participle of slide.
  • An old exclamation, apparently an abbreviation of God's lid (eye). Compare 'slife.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • imp. & p. p. of slide.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of slide.

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Examples

  • The expression slid off, morphing to something like astonishment, as the wizard stared at him.

    Entice Me at Twilight Shayla Black 2010

  • The expression slid off, morphing to something like astonishment, as the wizard stared at him.

    Entice Me at Twilight Shayla Black 2010

  • The expression slid off, morphing to something like astonishment, as the wizard stared at him.

    Entice Me at Twilight Shayla Black 2010

  • The expression slid off, morphing to something like astonishment, as the wizard stared at him.

    Entice Me at Twilight Shayla Black 2010

  • The word slid from my mouth flat and distasteful — my old nemesis.

    My Resolution Jack Canfield 2008

  • The word slid from my mouth flat and distasteful — my old nemesis.

    My Resolution Jack Canfield 2008

  • Despite hard times in the jazz-starved '70s, and a brief stint into the poetic ramblings of Van Morrison, the label slid gracefully into modern jazz with albums from Norah Jones and Herbie Hancock. of Music

    Paste Magazine 2009

  • Put their card back where you pulled it from and the whole deck back on top (again with the card you slid from the bottom on top of their card).

    Five Easy Effective Card Tricks | myFiveBest 2009

  • The anticipation of being slid from the block, the pride of gleaming, honed and ready, under the bright lights, the simple, sensual pleasure I feel when I slide through the other side and I sever one thing from another, the knowledge that out of all the pieces I make, something good and nourishing will come.

    You, tool . . . 2008

  • However, the rebound hopped over Chicago defenseman Brian Campbell's stick and went to Moss, who rapped it into the open side as Khabibulin slid across.

    USATODAY.com 2008

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