[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

skid \skid\, v. t. imp.  p. p. skidded; p. pr.  vb. n.
   skidding.
   1. to protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause
      to move on skids.
      1913 webster

   2. to check with a skid, as wagon wheels. --dickens.
      1913 webster

   3. forestry to haul logs to a skid and load on a skidway.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
skidded skidding 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

skid \skid\ ski^d, n. icel. skimaceth a billet of wood.
   see shide. written also skeed.
   1. a shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and
      placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning
      when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by
      extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the
      same purpose.
      1913 webster

   2. a piece of timber used as a support, or to receive
      pressure. specifically:
      a pl. naut. large fenders hung over a vessel's side to
          protect it in handling a cargo. --totten.
      b one of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so
          as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a
          door, along which anything is moved by sliding or
          rolling.
      c one of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for
          supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
          1913 webster

   3. aeronautics a runner one or two under some flying
      machines, used for landing.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   4. a low movable platform for supporting heavy items to be
      transported, typically of two layers, and having a space
      between the layers into which the fork of a fork lift can
      be inserted; it is used to conveniently transport heavy
      objects by means of a fork lift; -- a skid without wheels
      is the same as a pallet.
      pjc

   5. pl. declining fortunes; a movement toward defeat or
      downfall; -- used mostly in the phrase

   on the skids and

   hit the skids.
      pjc

   6. from the v. act of skidding; -- called also side slip.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
shide skeed pallet on the skids hit the skids side slip 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

skid \skid\, v. i.
   1. to slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from
      turning while the vehicle moves onward.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   2. to fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on
      the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or
      automobile.
      webster 1913 suppl.

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ski
     n : narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding
         over snow syn: skis
     v : move along on skis; "we love to ski the rockies"
     also: ski'd
see also:
skis ski'd 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

skid
     n 1: one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or
          sliding objects
     2: a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved
        hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's
        rotation syn: brake shoe, shoe
     3: an unexpected slide syn: slip, sideslip
     v 1: slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the
          wet road"
     2: elevate onto skids
     3: apply a brake or skid to
     4: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
        manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" syn: slip,
         slue, slew, slide
     also: skidding, skidded
see also:
brake shoe shoe slip sideslip slue slew 
slide skidding skidded 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ski'd
     see ski
see also:
ski 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

66 moby thesaurus words for "skid":
   avalanche, bank, coast, crab, dip, drop, edge, fall, feather,
   fishtail, flit, flow, fly, glide, glissade, glissando, go crabwise,
   go sideways, ice-skate, landslide, landslip, lateral, lateralize,
   loop, make leeway, nose-dive, plow, plunge, porpoise, pull out,
   pull up, push down, roll, roller-skate, sail, sheer, sideslip,
   sidestep, sidle, skate, skateboard, skew, ski, skim, sled, sleigh,
   slidder, slide, slide down, slip, slippage, slither, slue, slur,
   snowslide, snowslip, spin, spiral, stunt, subsidence, sweep,
   toboggan, tumble, undulate, veer, yaw

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