slide (slides plural & 3rd person present) (sliding present participle) (slid past tense & past participle )
1 verb When something slides somewhere or when you slide it there, it moves there smoothly over or against something.
She slid the door open... V n with adj
2 verb If you slide somewhere, you move there smoothly and quietly.
He slid into the driver's seat... V prep/adv
3 verb To slide into a particular mood, attitude, or situation means to gradually start to have that mood, attitude, or situation often without intending to.
(=slip)
She had slid into a depression... V into n
4 verb If currencies or prices slide, they gradually become worse or lower in value. (JOURNALISM)
The US dollar continued to slide... V
5 n-count A slide is a small piece of photographic film which you project onto a screen so that you can see the picture.
...a slide show.
6 n-count A slide is a piece of glass on which you put something that you want to examine through a microscope.
7 n-count A slide is a piece of playground equipment that has a steep slope for children to go down for fun.
8 If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it.
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let sth slide phrase
The company had let environmental standards slide.