Толковый словарь английского языка - skid
Skid
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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
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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. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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