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Definitions for Sliding

[1] rising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions.
[2] operated, adjusted, or moved by sliding: a sliding door.
[3] to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
[4] to slip or skid.
[5] to glide or pass smoothly.
[6] to slip easily, quietly, or unobtrusively on or as if on a track, channel, or guide rail (usually followed by in, out, away, etc.).
[7] to pass or fall gradually into a specified state, character, practice, etc.
[8] to decline or decrease: Interest rates are beginning to slide.
[9] Baseball . (of a base runner) to cast oneself, usually feet first, forward along the ground in the direction of the base being approached, to present less of a target for a baseman attempting to make a tag.
[10] to cause to slide, slip, or coast, as over a surface or with a smooth, gliding motion.
[11] to hand, pass along, or slip (something) easily or quietly (usually followed by in, into, etc.): to slide a note into someone's hand.
[12] an act or instance of sliding.
[13] a smooth surface for sliding on, especially a type of chute in a playground.
[14] an object intended to slide.
[15] Geology . a landslide or the like. the mass of matter sliding down.
[16] a single transparency, object, or image for projection in a projector, as a lantern slide.
[17] Photography . a small positive color transparency mounted for projection on a screen or magnification through a viewer.
[18] a usually rectangular plate of glass on which objects are placed for microscopic examination.
[19] Furniture . a shelf sliding into the body of a piece when not in use.
[20] Music . an embellishment consisting of an upward or downward series of three or more tones, the last of which is the principal tone. a portamento. a U -shaped section of the tube of an instrument of the trumpet class, as the trombone, that can be pushed in or out to alter the length of the air column and change the pitch.
[21] a vehicle mounted on runners, for conveying loads, as of grain or wood, especially over a level surface.
[22] (of a machine or mechanism) a moving part working on a track, channel, or guide rails. the surface, track, channel, or guide rails on which the part moves.
[23] any of various chutes used in logging, mining, or materials handling.
[24] a flat or very low-heeled, backless shoe or slipper that can be slipped on and off the foot easily.
[25] rising or falling in accordance with given specifications fees were charged as a sliding percentage of income
[26] regulated or moved by sliding
[27] to move or cause to move smoothly along a surface in continual contact with it doors that slide open ; children sliding on the ice
[28] (intr) to lose grip or balance he slid on his back
[29] (intr; usually foll by into, out of, away from, etc ) to pass or move gradually and unobtrusively she slid into the room
[30] (intr usually foll by into ) to go (into a specified condition) by degrees, unnoticeably, etc he slid into loose living
[31] (foll by in, into, etc ) to move (an object) unobtrusively or (of an object) to move in this way he slid the gun into his pocket
[32] (intr) music to execute a portamento
[33] let slide to allow to follow a natural course, esp one leading to deterioration to let things slide
[34] the act or an instance of sliding
[35] a smooth surface, as of ice or mud, for sliding on
[36] a construction incorporating an inclined smooth slope for sliding down in playgrounds, etc
[37] rowing a sliding seat in a boat or its runners
[38] a thin glass plate on which specimens are mounted for microscopic study
[39] Also called: transparency a positive photograph on a transparent base, mounted in a cardboard or plastic frame or between glass plates, that can be viewed by means of a slide projector
[40] Also called: hair slide mainly British an ornamental clip to hold hair in place US and Canadian name: barrette
[41] machinery a sliding part or member the track, guide, or channel on or in which such a part slides
[42] music the sliding curved tube of a trombone that is moved in or out to allow the production of different harmonic series and a wider range of notes a portamento
[43] music a metal or glass tube placed over a finger held against the frets of a guitar to produce a portamento the style of guitar playing using a slide See also bottleneck (def. 3)
[44] geology the rapid downward movement of a large mass of earth, rocks, etc, caused by erosion, faulting, etc the mass of material involved in this descent See also landslide

Words related to Sliding

move, slither, shove, veer, tumble, drift, sag, drop, slump, drive, skate, glide, accelerate, slip, fall, flow, shift, skid, propel, stream

Words nearby Sliding

slide-action, slidell, slider, slideshow, slideway, sliding, sliding fit, sliding flap, sliding friction, sliding hernia, sliding rule

Origin of Sliding

ebefore 950; Middle English sliden (v.), Old English slīdan; cognate with Middle Low German slīden, Middle High German slīten; akin to sled

Other words from Sliding

slid·ing·ly , adverb
slid·ing·ness , noun
un·slid·ing , adjective
slid·a·ble , adjective
slid·a·ble·ness , noun
out·slide , verb (used with object), out·slid, out·slid or out·slid·den, out·slid·ing.

Word origin for Sliding

eOld English slīdan; related to slidor slippery, sliderian to slither , Middle High German slīten

Synonyms for Sliding

accelerate, drift, drive, drop, fall, flow, glide, move, sag, shift, shove, skate, skid, slip, slither, slump, tumble, veer, coast, glissade, launch, propel, skim, spill, stream, thrust, toboggan, fall off, move along, move over, scooch, smooth along