slid

verb

past tense of slide
1
as in sneaked
to move about in a sly or secret manner slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing

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2
as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple

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3
as in crept
to move slowly with the body close to the ground the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork

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Recent Examples of slid Deckers Outdoor – Shares of the footwear maker slid about 8% after its revenue for the fiscal second quarter missed analyst expectations. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Stocks slid sharply on Thursday amid mounting concerns over whether massive investments in artificial intelligence will pay off and high oil prices. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Oil from the crash caused the motorcycle officer to lose control, and the motorcycle slid in the road near 400 Southwest Boulevard. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 While the seat slid back and forth smoothly, the seatback recline lever on the side didn’t work. — Eric Bangeman, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026 In Europe, the losses were sharper, and indexes slid more than 1% after violent protests that could ultimately force the French government to increase its spending to ease voters’ anger. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The service member appeared to lose control during his descent, slid down the line, and crashed onto the turf. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 The top of the wave slid under the boat, carrying Ed with it. — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026 But in 2026, registration totals as of early October have slid to fewer than 500. — Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slid
  1. sneaked
  2. flowed
  3. crept
  4. slipped
  5. glided
  6. crawled
  7. lurked
  8. drifted
Verb
  • In 2026, Southlake Carroll snuck into the playoffs with a 6-8 District 4-6A record, continuing a playoff streak that began in 1999.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
  • On fourth-and-four — fourth-and-ballgame, fourth-and-win streak, fourth-and-dethroning Big Ten royalty Ohio State — Marsh snuck to the left edge of the end zone.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of sneaked
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  • For Iran, the technology that originally flowed to Russia is now returning, along with tactical advice drawn from Russia’s experience in Ukraine.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Inflation dropped sharply, deposits flowed back into the banking system, and the economy switched from negative to positive growth with a surge in exports leading the way.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of flowed
Verb
  • By spring, with the opportunity fading for a mass relocation of homes and businesses, optimism crept back into public discourse.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Europe has crept back on the scene in a real negative way, this time with France on the hot seat.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of crept
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  • Shares of the tech giant slipped 2% after OpenAI said that its models will be available for developers via Google's cloud.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s popularity has slipped, even in conservative strongholds such as Kansas.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of slipped
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  • The pinkish squid glided two miles beneath the surface, its long, pale legs trailing from undulating fins, stunning scientists who know remarkably little about its diet, behavior or reproduction.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Merino glided away from challenges to keep Arsenal in control.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of glided
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  • Giamanco crawled in through a shot-out window, reached the special education classroom and reracked his firearm in preparation for a deadly confrontation.
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In May 2025, after Williams shut off the water in a cell, 10 inmates removed a toilet, crawled through a gap in the wall and scaled a fence out of the jail.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of crawled
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  • But trouble lurked in a left-field box seat — and at shortstop.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Former landlords lurked in bushes or on roofs or waited in cars outside our home.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of lurked
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  • For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Meta stock plunged after the hyperscaler drifted into negative free cash flow, while China entered bear market territory with Alibaba’s stock dropping 6%, as investors questioned the return on its AI investments.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of drifted

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“Slid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slid. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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