slidden



 Slid·den p. p. of Slide.

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 Slide v. t. [imp. Slid p. p. Slidden Slid; p. pr. & vb. n. Slidding ]
 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
      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]
      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]


 slidden
      See slide