slidden

slide

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Definitions of slidden word

verb without object slidden to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill. 1
verb without object slidden to slip or skid. 1
verb without object slidden to glide or pass smoothly. 1
verb without object slidden to slip easily, quietly, or unobtrusively on or as if on a track, channel, or guide rail (usually followed by in, out, away, etc.). 1
verb without object slidden to pass or fall gradually into a specified state, character, practice, etc. 1
verb without object slidden to decline or decrease: Interest rates are beginning to slide. 1

before 950

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 950; Middle English sliden (v.), Old English slīdan; cognate with Middle Low German slīden, Middle High German slīten; akin to sled

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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