reslidev.
/ˌriːˈslʌɪd/, U.S. /riˈslaɪd/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > slide back
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1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 29 Slow Lidian brooke,..Staying in doubt th'ocean t'enter in, Or to reslide where first it did begin.
2.
a. intransitive. To slide again.
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1882 W. Coote Wanderings, South & East 99 Over these [waterfalls] the natives in scores are sliding and re-sliding.
2003 L. R. Walker & R. del Moral Primary Succession & Ecosystem Rehabilit. iv. 92 Rocks are less likely to re-slide than is clay.
b. transitive. To slide (something) again.
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1885 L. C. Marshall Pract. Flax Spinner x. 98 These [rollers]..work only a very short time in their frames until they become spoiled, require to be taken out and re-slid.
1965 P. Wylie They Both were Naked iv. 197 I slid it [sc. a cheque] back to Ludie. He reslid it.
2004 Investor's Business Daily (Nexis) 28 Sept. a4 Because they're wireless, RFID gear can read smart tags from a short distance. No more sliding and re-sliding that soup can at the grocery scanner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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