Definition of Skid

1. Noun. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.

Group relationships: Chute, Slide, Slideway, Sloping Trough
Generic synonyms: Board, Plank

2. Verb. Slide without control. "These cars won't skid "; "The car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
Generic synonyms: Slew, Slide, Slip, Slue
Derivative terms: Skidder

3. Noun. A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation.
Exact synonyms: Brake Shoe, Shoe
Terms within: Brake Lining
Group relationships: Drum Brake
Generic synonyms: Constraint, Restraint

4. Verb. Elevate onto skids.
Generic synonyms: Bring Up, Elevate, Get Up, Lift, Raise
Derivative terms: Skidder

5. Noun. An unexpected slide.
Exact synonyms: Sideslip, Slip
Generic synonyms: Coast, Glide, Slide
Derivative terms: Slip, Slip, Slip, Slippy

6. Verb. Apply a brake or skid to.
Generic synonyms: Brake

7. Verb. Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. "The wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
Exact synonyms: Slew, Slide, Slip, Slue
Specialized synonyms: Submarine, Side-slip
Generic synonyms: Glide
Derivative terms: Slide, Slide, Slide, Slider, Slip
Also: Slip Up

Definition of Skid

1. n. 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. v. t. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.

3. n. A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing.

4. v. i. To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.

5. v. t. To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.

Definition of Skid

1. to slide sideways as a result of a loss of traction [v SKIDDED, SKIDDING, SKIDS]

Medical Definition of Skid

1. 1. 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. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. Specifically, large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. 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. One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc. Origin: Icel. Ski a billet of wood. See Shide Alternative forms: skeed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skid

skiascope
skiascopes
skiascopies
skiascopy
skiascopy
skiatron
skiatrons
skibob
skibobbed
skibobber
skibobbers
skibobbing
skibobbings
skibobs
skid (current term)
skid (current term)
skiddaw
skidded
skidder
skidder
skidders
skiddier
skiddiest
skidding
skiddoo
skiddooed
skiddooing
skiddoos
skiddy
skidoo

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