sliding Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
    slew; slide; skid; slip; slue.
    • the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
  2. verb to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
    slide; slither.
    • They slid through the wicket in the big gate
  3. verb move smoothly along a surface
    slide.
    • He slid the money over to the other gambler
  4. adjective satellite being a smooth continuous motion

WordNet


Slid"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.
  2. Slippery; elusory. Obs.
    That sliding science hath me made so bare. Chaucer.

Webster 1913