Meaning

verb move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner

noun a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study

verb to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly

originFrom Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan (“to slide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German slītan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German slīden (“to slide”), Middle Dutch slīden (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen,…

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