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sliding

[slahy-ding]

adjective

  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.



sliding

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. rising or falling in accordance with given specifications

    fees were charged as a sliding percentage of income

  2. 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
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Other Word Forms

  • slidingly adverb
  • slidingness noun
  • unsliding adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sliding1

before 900; Middle English; Old English īԻ. See slide, -ing 2
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Every so often someone wipes out, sliding across the pool bottom, sparking cheers of encouragement.

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For his part, Sir Keir said the Conservatives had "run out of road", were in "decline" and "sliding into the abyss".

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He said he believed the runner sliding the first time was out but accepted the decision.

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Hodge’s uniform, hands and arms were so covered in dirt from three hours of catching, sliding and hitting that he might have needed a car wash to make it to graduation.

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Classrooms feature an expanse of windows and sliding glass doors.

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