Sliding

//ˈslaɪdɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
The motion of something that slides.
"Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the steep potreros […]"

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of slide form-of, gerund, participle, present
"Children were swinging and sliding in the playground."

Adjective

1
Designed or able to slide. not-comparable
"Our yard is just outside the sliding door."

Adjective

1
being a smooth continuous motion wordnet

Synonyms

coasting coming apart cracking crumbling decadent declining

Example

"The children were sliding on the ice."

Related phrases

sliding door sliding filament model sliding keel sliding pond sliding scale sliding tackle sliding window sliding-rule water-sliding way-sliding

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