(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.
(n.) A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
(n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
(n.) 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.
(n.) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
(v. t.) To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
(v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Lakers snapped a six-game skid in their final outing, but their demanding fans could forget about the awful season for one night.
(2) Housing First simply can’t tackle the problem – especially not in Skid Row, the downtown Los Angeles area synonymous with destitution.
(3) Jimi Heselden, who latched on to an international craze for the upright, motorised "green commuter machines", was testing a cross-country version when he skidded into the river Wharfe which runs beside his Yorkshire estate.
(4) Sam, on for Jansen, sends a low shot skidding across the turf and Howard can only push it into the path of the wide open Draxler who slots home.
(5) Years later, a visiting Pakistani reporter recounted how Mehsud took him on a terrifying ride in which the militant raced his jeep towards the edge of a cliff, skidding to a stop a few feet from the edge.
(6) The number 38 bus from Bury had skidded out of control on an icy pothole and crushed her against the wall of the Job Centre.
(7) In explaining the alcoholic process to the public, this fiction contributed to the general belief that the typical alcoholic was a Skid Row-like derelict.
(8) Taye Taiwo was allowed to encroach into their penalty box unhindered before his skidding shot went just wide, Yakubu Aiyegbeni's 25-yard pile-driver was fisted unconvincingly by Sergio Romero, and — not long before the end — the substitute Kalu Uche was able to exchange passes with Yakubu before looping his shot over from 12 yards.
(9) Part-timers, meanwhile, are envied for having one foot in the playground and one in the office, but worry secretly about failing to keep up with either of them: skidding late into the school pick-up, still furtively sending emails on our phones.
(10) Then just before half-time, Benzema's first-time shot skidded wide.
(11) On the contrary, the cuticular ornamentation of the posterior region--which is composed of the area rugosa and of a system of bosses and constitutes a secondary non-skid copulatory apparatus--differs following the geographical origin of the strain.
(12) Jerome Boateng bails out his team-mate by skidding in to poke the ball out for a corner.
(13) In the Conference finals Sporting went down an early goal against Houston — a goal marked by Oscar Boniek Garcia cutting back to shoot, as Seth Sinovic skidded helplessly past him on the freezing wet surface.
(14) Officially he skidded trying to avoid two boys in the road, but some believe he killed himself.
(15) Kris Meeke of Northern Ireland had looked set for a challenge but skidded into a ditch on Sunday morning, which damaged the tyres on his Citroën DS3 and he slipped to sixth place.
(16) Inhibitory strains were less common (32%) in residents from "skid row" areas (see D.J.
(17) Gerrit Cole pitched seven strong innings to end a personal three-game losing skid and added an RBI single to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-1 win over the Washington Nationals .
(18) One witness said the plane skidded for several hundred metres along the riverbank after it crashed.
(19) Average exposure levels for loggers engaged only in felling are twice those for cutters who also perform limbing, bucking and manual skidding of the timber, since these latter operations involve considerably lower exposure.
(20) In commodities trading, US crude oil futures kept falling after skidding more than 2% on Monday to three-week lows.
Slid
Definition:
() imp. & p. p. of Slide.
(imp.) of Slide
() of Slide
Example Sentences:
(1) I remember the way I slid sideways through rows of desks, my arms crossed over my chest.
(2) The unemployment rate among 16- to 24-year-olds slid to 19.3%, from 20.7% in the three months to March.
(3) Gerard Piqué slid in and inexplicably handled Marcelo’s cross.
(4) The defender took a quick throw-in on the right wing in the 17th minute back to Hugo Lloris and, after a comical exchange of passes with the Tottenham goalkeeper, he inadvertently slid the ball back inside to Lee Cattermole, who finished precisely into the bottom corner from 25 yards out.
(5) Then Wigan were level, as Sammon slid between two West Ham defenders to turn home his shot, and all the desire and inspiration drained from Grant's side.
(6) A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman, Kathleen Bergen, said the CRJ2 aircraft had landed safely and was turning off the runway on to a taxiway when it slid into the snow.
(7) We trained just a little bit, but Ramires slid and has a muscular injury.
(8) The prosthetic testicle is inserted through an inguinal incision and slid into the scrotum.
(9) After picking up an early booking, Ramos spent the rest of the match apparently chasing another, though it took until the 84th minute for Alejandro Hernández to finally reach to his pocket and and show the second yellow, when Ramos needlessly slid through the back of Luis Suárez.
(10) The graft is slid under this bridge, placed onto the roughened surface of the carpus and pushed under the operculum raised at the base of the 2nd and 3rd metacarpals.
(11) In the 10.40m column, the snails slid downward to a depth of 4m or descended suddenly all the way to the bottom.
(12) Interestingly, honest individuals were initially shielded from taking antisocial decisions – but, with time, even they slid down the slippery, corrupting slope of power.
(13) Cameron Borthwick-Jackson had played Costa onside and slid in desperately to try and intercept, only for his tackle to take the ball away from an on-rushing De Gea and neatly into the striker’s path.
(14) The fighting has often slid into horror and depravity over the past 22 months.
(15) So he slid farther forward and got hold of Rob's waist and pulled him the rest of the way out.
(16) Abe says he wants to raise the number of women in the workforce to revive the economy, which has slid back into recession for the fifth time in seven years.
(17) He's staying at Stoke, who presumably wanted a bit more than the £5m that was slid across the table by QPR suits.
(18) Giggs and Bardsley slid in, with the United man winning the race but not preventing a goal.
(19) Ronald Koeman accused Sadio Mané and Victor Wanyama of “lacking focus” and letting the club down as Saints slid further down the table with a fourth consecutive away defeat.
(20) The study showed that the number of PFCs by the Cunningham slid was greater than that observed by the gel technique of Trump at the same lymphocyte concentration.