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SKID (skidded, skidding)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skid mean?
• SKID (noun)
The noun SKID has 3 senses:
1. one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
2. a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
Familiarity information: SKID used as a noun is uncommon.
• SKID (verb)
The verb SKID has 4 senses:
4. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Familiarity information: SKID used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("skid" is a kind of...):
board; plank (a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes)
Holonyms ("skid" is a part of...):
chute; slide; slideway; sloping trough (sloping channel through which things can descend)
Derivation:
skid (elevate onto skids)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
brake shoe; shoe; skid
Hypernyms ("skid" is a kind of...):
constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)
Meronyms (parts of "skid"):
brake lining (the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum)
Holonyms ("skid" is a part of...):
drum brake (hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe)
Derivation:
skid (apply a brake or skid to)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An unexpected slide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("skid" is a kind of...):
coast; glide; slide (the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it)
Derivation:
skid (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)
skid (slide without control)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: skidded
Past participle: skidded
-ing form: skidding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slide without control
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the car skidded in the curve on the wet road
Hypernyms (to "skid" is one way to...):
skid; slew; slide; slip; slue (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
These cars won't skid
Derivation:
skid (an unexpected slide)
skidder (a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Elevate onto skids
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "skid" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
skid (one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects)
skidder (a worker who uses a skid to move logs)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Apply a brake or skid to
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "skid" is one way to...):
brake (cause to stop by applying the brakes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
skid (a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
Context example:
the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Hypernyms (to "skid" is one way to...):
glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "skid"):
submarine (move forward or under in a sliding motion)
skid (slide without control)
side-slip (slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
skid (an unexpected slide)
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