# slide

> English word · Verb · IPA /slaɪd/ · frequency rank #4,335

## Definitions
1. To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
2. To move on a low-friction surface.
3. To drop down and skid into a base.
4. To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
5. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
6. To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
7. To pass inadvertently.
8. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
9. To decrease in amount or value.
10. To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
11. To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
12. To go; to move from one place or to another.
13. To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.

## Etymology
From 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, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit स्रेधति (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).

## Easily confused with
- **slip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-slip)
- **slim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-slim)
- **slit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-slit)
- **solid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-solid)
- **smile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-smile)
- **suite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-suite)
- **spite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-spite)
- **spike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-spike)
- **spice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-spice)
- **spine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-spine)
- **slope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-slope)
- **slips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-slips)
- **swipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-swipe)
- **swine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-swine)
- **slime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-slime)
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-sling)
- **spade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-spade)
- **suede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-suede)
- **spire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-spire)
- **slimy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slide-vs-slimy)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lside`, `silde`, `sldie`, `slidde`, `slied`, `sllide`, `sslide`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slide