WORD: SKID
MEANING:
1. The act of sliding or slipping over a surface, often sideways.
2.
a. A plank, log, or timber, usually one of a pair, used as a support or as a track for sliding or rolling heavy objects.
b. A pallet for loading or handling goods, especially one having solid sideboards and no bottom.
c. One of several logs or timbers forming a skid road.
3. skids Nautical A wooden framework attached to the side of a ship to prevent damage, as when unloading.
4. A shoe or drag applying pressure to a wheel to brake a vehicle.
5. A runner in the landing gear of certain aircraft.
6. skids Slang A path to ruin or failure: His career hit the skids. Her life is now on the skids.
7. slip, slide
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The car skidded on the ice.
2. The man skidded into the table
PRONOUNCE:
skid - स्किड
LINK: SKID
MEANING:
1. The act of sliding or slipping over a surface, often sideways.
2.
a. A plank, log, or timber, usually one of a pair, used as a support or as a track for sliding or rolling heavy objects.
b. A pallet for loading or handling goods, especially one having solid sideboards and no bottom.
c. One of several logs or timbers forming a skid road.
3. skids Nautical A wooden framework attached to the side of a ship to prevent damage, as when unloading.
4. A shoe or drag applying pressure to a wheel to brake a vehicle.
5. A runner in the landing gear of certain aircraft.
6. skids Slang A path to ruin or failure: His career hit the skids. Her life is now on the skids.
7. slip, slide
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The car skidded on the ice.
2. The man skidded into the table
PRONOUNCE:
skid - स्किड
LINK: SKID
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