Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - skid
Skid
skid
v. & n. --v. (skidded, skidding) 1 intr. (of a vehicle, a wheel, or a driver) slide on slippery ground, esp. sideways or obliquely. 2 tr. cause (a vehicle etc.) to skid. 3 intr. slip, slide. 4 intr. colloq. fail or decline or err. 5 tr. support or move or protect or check with a skid. --n. 1 the act or an instance of skidding. 2 a piece of wood etc. serving as a support, ship's fender, inclined plane, etc. 3 a braking device, esp. a wooden or metal shoe preventing a wheel from revolving or used as a drag. 4 a runner beneath an aircraft for use when landing. Phrases and idioms hit the skids colloq. enter a rapid decline or deterioration. on the skids colloq. 1 about to be discarded or defeated. 2 ready for launching. put the skids under colloq. 1 hasten the downfall or failure of. 2 cause to hasten. skid-lid sl. a crash-helmet. skid-pan Brit. 1 a slippery surface prepared for vehicle-drivers to practise control of skidding. 2 a braking device. skid road US 1 a road for hauling logs along. 2 a part of a town frequented by loggers or vagrants. skid row US a part of a town frequented by vagrants, alcoholics, etc. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.
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I. noun see: ski Date: circa 1610 one of a group of objects (as planks or logs) used to support or elevate a structure or object, a wooden fender hung over a ship's side to protect it in handling cargo, a usually iron shoe or clog attached to a chain and placed under a wheel to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill ; drag, a timber, bar, rail, pole, or log used in pairs or sets to form a slideway (as for an incline from a truck to the sidewalk), the act of ~ding ; slip, sideslip, a runner used as a member of the landing gear of an airplane or helicopter, 7. a route to defeat or downfall , a losing streak , a low platform mounted (as on wheels) on which material is set for handling and moving, ~proof adjective II. verb (~ded; ~ding) Date: 1674 transitive verb to apply a brake or ~ to ; slow or halt by a ~, 2. to haul (as logs) by dragging , to haul along, slide, hoist, or store on ~s, intransitive verb to slide without rotating (as a wheel held from turning while a vehicle moves onward), 2. to fail to grip the roadway, to slide sideways away from the center of curvature when turning, slide, slip, to fall rapidly, steeply, or far ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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