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Definition of Skid
1. Noun. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.
2. Verb. Slide without control. "These cars won't skid "; "The car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
3. Noun. A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation.
Terms within: Brake Lining
Group relationships: Drum Brake
Generic synonyms: Constraint, Restraint
4. Verb. Elevate onto skids.
5. Noun. An unexpected slide.
Generic synonyms: Coast, Glide, Slide
Derivative terms: Slip, Slip, Slip, Slippy
6. Verb. Apply a brake or skid to.
7. Verb. Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. "The wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
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)
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