'Sliding' definitions:
Definition of 'sliding'
From: WordNet
adjective
Being a smooth continuous motion
Definition of 'Sliding'
From: GCIDE
- Sliding \Slid"ing\, a.
- 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- That sliding science hath me made so bare. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Sliding friction (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction.
- Sliding gunter (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards.
- Sliding keel (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard.
- Sliding pair. (Mech.) See the Note under Pair, n., 7.
- Sliding rule. Same as Slide rule, under Slide, n.
- Sliding scale. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule.
- Sliding ways (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sliding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- coasting,
- coming apart,
- cracking,
- crumbling,
- decadent,
- declining,
- degenerate,
- deteriorating,
- disintegrating,
- draining,
- drooping,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- effete,
- fading,
- failing,
- falling,
- flagging,
- flow,
- flowing,
- fragmenting,
- glide,
- gliding,
- going to pieces,
- languishing,
- marcescent,
- pining,
- regressive,
- retrograde,
- retrogressive,
- sailing,
- shriveling,
- sinking,
- skating,
- skiing,
- skim,
- sledding,
- slide,
- slipping,
- slither,
- slithering,
- slumping,
- subsiding,
- sweep,
- sweeping,
- tabetic,
- tobogganing,
- waning,
- wasting,
- wilting,
- withering,
- worsening
Words containing 'Sliding'
- Slide,
- slide by,
- slide down,
- Fish slide,
- Growing slide,
- Railway slide,
- Slide box,
- Slide lathe,
- Slide projector,
- Slide rail,
- Slide rest,
- Slide rule,
- Slide valve,
- Sliding friction,
- Sliding gauge,
- Sliding gunter,
- Sliding keel,
- Sliding pair,
- Sliding rule,
- Sliding scale,
- Sliding ways,
- To let slide,
- hair slide,
- lantern slide,
- let slide,
- microscope slide,
- playground slide,
- slide action,
- slide back,
- slide bar,
- slide fastener,
- slide trombone,
- sliding board,
- sliding door,
- sliding seat,
- sliding window