sliding
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈslaɪdɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Verb
sliding
- present participle and gerund of slide
- Children were swinging and sliding in the playground.
Noun
sliding (plural slidings)
- The motion of something that slides.
- 1931, Mary Hunter Austin, Starry Adventure, page 274:
- 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 […]
Adjective
sliding (not comparable)
- Designed or able to slide.
- Our yard is just outside the sliding door.
Translations
Derived terms
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsliːdinɡ/
Noun
sliding
- The act of making a slip or losing one's traction.
- (rare) Effortless or fluid movement.
- (rare) Dragging; moving something alongside oneself.
References
- “slīding(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-04.
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