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Definition of 'skid'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) skid
a plank, bar, log, or the like, esp. one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.

2.  skid
a low mobile platform on which goods are placed for ease in handling, moving, etc.

3.  skid
a plank, log, low platform, etc., on or by which a load is supported.

4.  skid
a shoe or some other choke or drag for preventing the wheel of a vehicle from rotating, as when descending a hill.

5.  skid
an unexpected or uncontrollable slide on a smooth surface, esp. an oblique or wavering veer by a vehicle or its tires.

6. (v.t.) skid
to place on or slide along a skid.

7.  skid
to check the motion of with a skid:
She skidded her skates to a stop.

8.  skid
to cause to go into a skid:
to skid the car into a turn.

9. (v.i.) skid
to slide along without rotating, as a wheel to which a brake has been applied.

10.  skid
to slip or slide sideways, as an automobile in turning a corner rapidly.

11.  skid
to slide forward under the force of momentum after being braked, as a vehicle.

12.  skid
(of an airplane when not banked sufficiently) to slide sideways, away from the center of the curve described in turning.

13.  skid
to slip or slide; lose traction:
feet skidding on icy pavement.

14.  skid
to falter or fail; decline.

Definition of 'skid'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) skid
one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects

2. (noun) brake shoe, shoe, skid
a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation

3. (verb) skid, slip, sideslip
an unexpected slide

4. (verb) skid
slide without control
"the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"

5. (verb) skid
elevate onto skids

6. (verb) skid
apply a brake or skid to

7. (verb) skid, slip, slue, slew, slide
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

Definition of 'skid'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) skid
to slide after pressing the brakes in a vehicle
The car skidded across the road.; The truck went into a skid.

Definition of 'skid'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) skid
a shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose

2. (noun) skid
a piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure

3. (noun) skid
large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo

4. (noun) skid
one of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling

5. (noun) skid
one of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc

6. (verb) skid
to protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids

7. (verb) skid
to check with a skid, as wagon wheels

Translation of 'skid'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to slide accidentally sideways His back wheel skidded and he fell off his bike.
Afrikaans: gly, glip	Arabic: يَنْزَلِق	Bulgarian: занасям
Brazilian: derrapar	Czech: smeknout se	German: rutschen
Danish: skride ud	Greek: γλιστρώ στα πλάγια, ντελα	Spanish: derrapar, patinar
Estonian: külgsuunas libisema	Farsi: ليز خوردن	Finnish: liirtää
French: déraper	Hebrew: לְהַחֲלִיק	Hindi: फिसलना
Croatian: omaknuti se, klizati (na	Hungarian: megcsúszik	Indonesian: tergelincir
Icelandic: renna til, skrensa	Italian: sbandare, slittare	Japanese: 横すべりする
Korean: 옆으로 미끄러지다	Lithuanian: susimėtyti, nublokšti/mes	Latvian: slīdēt (sāniski); samesti
Malay: tergelincir	Dutch: slippen	Norwegian: skli, skrense
Polish: wpaść w poślizg, zarzucić	Persian: ليز خوردن	Pashto: سكېډ (هغه دړه چې له لارۍ
Portuguese: derrapar	Romanian: a derapa	Russian: заносить, пойти юзом
Slovak: (zo)šmyknúť sa	Slovenian: zdrsniti	Serbian: skliznuti
Swedish: sladda, slira, kana	Thai: ลื่น	Turkish: yana doğru kaymak, patina
Taiwanese: 打滑	Ukrainian: ковзати	Urdu: بے ساختہ پھسلنا
Vietnamese: chèn ,chặn	Chinese: 打滑，滑向一侧
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