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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 And Ohtani slid into the Dodgers’ lineup, hitting second in the batting order for the first time this season, with Mookie Betts leading off against the Padres southpaw. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Arm Holdings — The chip company slid about 6% after the company disclosed in a regulatory filing that finance chief Jason Child sold 10,400 shares of Arm. — Michelle Fox,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 As right fielder John Rave worked Detroit righty Jacob Waguespack to a 3-1 count in the second inning, Perez took second base for himself and slid in headfirst without a throw. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 Shares in the company have slid 11% in 2026 to date, largely due to broader uncertainty about the media business. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 Carter slid inside and Thibodeaux rushed from the edge on third-and-5 late in the first half. — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slid
  1. sneaked
  2. flowed
  3. crept
  4. slipped
  5. glided
  6. crawled
  7. lurked
  8. drifted
Verb
  • Ersery, a Ruskin product, snuck out of the KC metro to become an all-Big Ten left tackle for Minnesota.
    — PJ Green September 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Florida snuck by the namesake SEC rival 44-39 in their first meeting since 2019.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of sneaked
Verb
  • Private investment is growing—more than $14 billion flowed into nature in 2025—but remains nowhere close to the scale required.
    — Marcene Mitchell, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Tears and emotions flowed after the game as Lewis’ family embraced the team.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of flowed
Verb
  • Twisty the clown crept around, Rubber Man made a second appearance, and black dahlias festooned every table.
    — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Griffin Jax tossed five shutout innings and the Tampa Bay Rays crept closer to the AL East title with a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of crept
Verb
  • The audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes also has slipped, from 90% for Season 1 to 69% for Season 2.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
  • For years, Marset had slipped through the fingers of law enforcement in multiple countries.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of slipped
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The technology isn’t perfect, Walsh said; if Gus had crawled beneath a bush to sleep, the camera wouldn’t necessarily find him.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Suki, who had been with her new family only a few weeks, had crawled into an opening in an entertainment center cabinet and could not get out.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of crawled
Verb
  • Danger lurked in the shady groves of avocado trees that stretched on the mountainsides as far as the eye could see.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Rhetoric that had lurked in conspiracy-minded corners of the internet was now coming from the federal government itself.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of lurked
Verb
  • Unfortunately, over the decades, the program has drifted wildly off course.
    — Christina Smith, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But six months later, almost no one was using it, and the model’s outputs had drifted away from the business it was built to serve.
    — Hiromi Nakatani, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of drifted

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“Slid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slid. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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