SKID
\skˈɪd], \skˈɪd], \s_k_ˈɪ_d]\
Definitions of SKID
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
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apply a brake or skid to
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slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
By Princeton University
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one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
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slide without control, as of a car that does not grip the road
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apply a brake or skid to
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
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Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
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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.
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One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
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To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
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To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
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Act of skidding; - called also side slip.
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To slide without rotating; - said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.
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To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; - said esp. of a cycle or automobile.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
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Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
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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.
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One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
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To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
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To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
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Act of skidding; - called also side slip.
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To slide without rotating; - said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.
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To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; - said esp. of a cycle or automobile.
By Noah Webster.
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A wedge or drag to check the motion of a vehicle by pressure against the wheel; one of a pair or set of logs, rails, etc., used to form a track down which heavy objects may be rolled.
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To cause to move on skids. protect or check with a drag or skid.
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To slip sideways on the road; said of an automobile; to slide without turning around; said of a locked wheel.
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Skidded.
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Skidding.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A piece of timber hung against a ship's side to protect it from injury: a sliding wedge or drag to check the wheel of a wagon on a steep place: a slab put below a gun to keep it off the ground.
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To check with a skid.
By Daniel Lyons
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One of a pair of timbers to support an object, as a cask.
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A fender over a vessels side.
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A shoe or drag on a wagon wheel.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Icelandic, Anglo Saxon] A piece of timber used to protect the side of a vessel from injury by heavy bodies hoisted or lowered against it;—a chain for fastening the wheel of a waggon to prevent its revolving when descending a steep hill; a shoe; a drag;—a piece of timber for supporting anything, or along Which something is rolled or caused to move.
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