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[ slahy-ding ] / ˈslaɪ dɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sliding ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiverising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions. operated, adjusted, or moved by sliding: a sliding door. Origin of slidingbefore 900; Middle English; Old English slīdende.See slide, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM slidingslid·ing·ly, adverbslid·ing·ness, nounun·slid·ing, adjectiveWords nearby slidingslide rule, slideshow, slide trombone, slide valve, slideway, sliding, sliding fit, sliding flap, sliding friction, sliding hernia, sliding rule Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slidingSliding around beneath the surface of Los Angeles is something dark, primordial, and without form. The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.|Geoff Manaugh|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Each room has its own swimming pool and sliding walls made of glass. The Addictive Curse of ‘Let’s Plays’|Tom Sykes|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Or perhaps EBT programs could permit the purchase of ethical items based on a sliding price scale. The Bioethicist Turned Butcher|Elizabeth Picciuto|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Paddling across the glassy flat surface feels like sliding through warm butter. Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero|Darren Aronofsky|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In France, parents pay for their childcare on a sliding scale based on their income—the rest is subsidized by the government. Free Market Failure: Raising a Kid Is a Rigged Game in the USA|Monica Potts|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST The big crane on the end of the mole was now on the Estremedura's quarter, and they were sliding into the mouth of the harbour. For Jacinta|Harold Bindloss Then he sends his shuttle, containing a bobbin full of thread, sliding across over the odd threads and under the even. Makers of Many Things|Eva March Tappan Walking giddily along the unstable, sliding earth, she allowed him to guide her to the old stone seat on the south terrace. Shadows of Flames|Amelie Rives He straightened himself as he caught sight of Barrant, and opened the sliding window. The Moon Rock|Arthur J. Rees Sliding, as an art, is of recent growth, though it has long been the practice of base-runners to drop to avoid being touched.
British Dictionary definitions for sliding
adjectiverising or falling in accordance with given specificationsfees were charged as a sliding percentage of income regulated or moved by sliding Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slidingmove, slither, shove, veer, tumble, drift, sag, drop, slump, drive, skate, glide, accelerate, slip, fall, flow, shift, skid, propel, stream |