unslide

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verb

To slide back; to open or unfasten by sliding.

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Meanings

verbunslide (third-person singular simple present unslides, present participle unsliding, simple past and past participle unslid)

present singular third person unslides · participle present unsliding · participle past unslid · past unslid

  1. transitiveTo slide back; to open or unfasten by sliding.

    Cleon stepped cautiously forward; and unsliding the bolt, by means of a small pin outside, he half opened the door.

    1848, Elizabeth Lynn Linton, Amymone: A Romance of the Days of Pericles, volume 1, page 160

Origin

From un- + slide.

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APA

unslide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unslide

MLA

“unslide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unslide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unslide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unslide.

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