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The Meaning of skid
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
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(n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
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(v. t.) To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
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(v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
Synonyms
brake shoe
,
shoe
,
slip
,
sideslip
,
slip
,
slue
,
slew
,
slide
Rhymes
adid
,
amid
,
bid
,
cid
,
counterbid
,
cyd
,
did
,
eyelid
,
forbid
,
good
,
grid
,
hid
,
id
,
ihde
,
katydid
,
kid
,
kidd
,
kidde
,
kyd
,
lid
,
madrid
,
majid
,
mid
,
outbid
,
quid
,
rebid
,
redid
,
rid
,
sayed
,
schmid
,
sid
,
slid
,
smid
,
squid
,
stidd
,
syd
,
tidd
,
underbid
,
undid