Found 3 items, similar to skid.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: skid gelecek, gelincir, mengerem, selip, tergelicik, tergelincir
English → English (WordNet) Definition: skid skid n 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] 3: an unexpected slide [syn: slip, sideslip] [also: skidding, skidded] skid v 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Skid Skid \Skid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skidded; p. pr. & vb. n. Skidding.] 1. To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids. [1913 Webster] 2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 3. (Forestry) To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Skid \Skid\ (sk[i^]d), n. [Icel. sk[=i][eth] a billet of wood. See Shide.] [Written also skeed.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure. Specifically: (a) pl. (Naut.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. --Totten. (b) 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. (c) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. (A["e]ronautics) A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. 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. [PJC] 5. pl. Declining fortunes; a movement toward defeat or downfall; -- used mostly in the phrase on the skids and hit the skids. [PJC] 6. [From the v.] Act of skidding; -- called also side slip. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Skid \Skid\, v. i. 1. To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or automobile. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]