Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Slid \Slid\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Slide}.

Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[=i]dan; akin to
   MHG. sl[=i]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.

   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.

            They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.

   3. To pass inadvertently.

            Beware thou slide not by it.          --Ecclus.
                                                  xxviii. 26.

   4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
      onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
      slides through the water.

            Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.

            Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                  --Pope.

   5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

            Their foot shall slide in due time.   --Deut. xxxii.
                                                  35.

   6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
      perceptible cassation of sound.

   7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
      consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]

            With good hope let he sorrow slide.   --Chaucer.

            With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
                                                  --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[=i]dan; akin to
   MHG. sl[=i]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.

   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.

            They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.

   3. To pass inadvertently.

            Beware thou slide not by it.          --Ecclus.
                                                  xxviii. 26.

   4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
      onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
      slides through the water.

            Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.

            Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                  --Pope.

   5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

            Their foot shall slide in due time.   --Deut. xxxii.
                                                  35.

   6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
      perceptible cassation of sound.

   7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
      consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]

            With good hope let he sorrow slide.   --Chaucer.

            With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
                                                  --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

Source : WordNet®

slide
     n 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens
          can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: {microscope
          slide}]
     2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or
        snow etc.
     3: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the
        violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn:
        {swoop}]
     4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children
        can slide
     5: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining
        in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the
        bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast
        down the snowy slope" [syn: {glide}, {coast}]
     6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide
        projector [syn: {lantern slide}]
     7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn: {chute},
         {slideway}, {sloping trough}]
     [also: {slidden}, {slid}]

slide
     v 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
          manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn:
          {skid}, {slip}, {slue}, {slew}]
     2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid
        through the wicket in the big gate" [syn: {slither}]
     3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to
        the other gambler"
     [also: {slidden}, {slid}]

slid
     See {slide}