Skidverb
(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
‘They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street.’;
Skiedverb
simple past tense and past participle of ski
Skidverb
(transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
Skiedverb
simple past tense and past participle of sky
Skidverb
(transitive) To cause to move on skids.
Skied
imp. & p. p. of Sky, v. t.
Skidverb
(transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
Skied
imp. & p. p. of Ski, v. i.
Skidnoun
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.
Skidnoun
A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
Skidnoun
A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing.
Skidnoun
A low movable platform for supporting heavy items to be transported, typically of two layers, and having a space between the layers into which the fork of a fork lift can be inserted; it is used to conveniently transport heavy objects by means of a fork lift; - a skid without wheels is the same as a pallet.
Skidnoun
Declining fortunes; a movement toward defeat or downfall; - used mostly in the phrase on the skids and hit the skids.
Skidnoun
Act of skidding; - called also side slip.
Skidverb
To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
Skidverb
To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
Skidverb
To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.
Skidverb
To slide without rotating; - said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.
Skidverb
To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; - said esp. of a cycle or automobile.
Skidnoun
one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
Skidnoun
a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
Skidnoun
an unexpected slide
Skidverb
slide without control;
‘the car skidded in the curve on the wet road’;
Skidverb
elevate onto skids
Skidverb
apply a brake or skid to
Skidverb
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
‘the wheels skidded against the sidewalk’;
