Dictionary Definition
ski n : narrow wood or metal or plastic runners
used for gliding over snow [syn: skis] v : move along on skis; "We
love to ski the Rockies" [also: ski'd]skid
Noun
1 one of a pair of planks used to make a track
for rolling or sliding objects
2 a restraint provided when the brake linings are
moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's
rotation [syn: brake shoe,
shoe]
Verb
1 slide without control; "the car skidded in the
curve on the wet road"
2 elevate onto skids
3 apply a brake or skid to
4 move obliquely or sideways, usually in an
uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
[syn: slip, slue, slew, slide] [also: skidding, skidded]ski'd See ski
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪd
Noun
Translations
A ski shaped runner or supporting surface as
found on a helicopter or other aircraft
Verb
- To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
Translations
To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car
with the brakes applied too hard
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Skid may refer to:
- Skid, a pallet, a wood or plastic platform for holding machinery or equipment
- Skid (aerodynamic), an outward side-slip in an aircraft turn
- Skid steering, a method of steering by braking tracks or wheels
on one side of a vehicle, such as:
- Skid-steered tracked vehicles
- Skid loader, a small, usually wheeled vehicle used for loading and digging
- Skid mark, a mark left where two surfaces rub against each other, especially a locked vehicle wheel on the road
- Skid, a sled runner
- Skid road, a log path for removal of logs from a hilly forest
- Skid row, a neighborhood with a large number of vagrant people
- Skid, a type of fairground ride
- Skid (gang), a gang of disenfranchised, delinquent youth
- Skidder, a vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest in a process called "skidding"
skid in Polish: Płoza
skid in Russian: Юз
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
avalanche, bank, coast, crab, dip, drop, edge, fall, feather, fishtail, flit, flow, fly, glide, glissade, glissando, go crabwise, go
sideways, ice-skate, landslide, landslip, lateral, lateralize, loop, make leeway, nose-dive,
plow, plunge, porpoise, pull out, pull up,
push down, roll,
roller-skate, sail,
sheer, sideslip, sidestep, sidle, skate, skateboard, skew, ski, skim, sled, sleigh, slidder, slide, slide down, slip, slippage, slither, slue, slur, snowslide, snowslip, spin, spiral, stunt, subsidence, sweep, toboggan, tumble, undulate, veer, yaw