Skid vs Skate - What's the difference?
skid | skate |
An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
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.
(by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
# A runner of a sled.
# A ski-shaped runner or supporting surface as found on a helicopter or other aircraft in place of wheels.
# A basic platform for the storage and transport of goods, machinery or equipment, later developed into the pallet.
# (nautical, in the plural) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it when handling cargo.
# One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, such as a boat or barrel.
To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
To protect or support with a skid or skids.
To cause to move on skids.
To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
abbreviated form of ice skate or roller skate
The act of skateboarding
The act of roller skating or ice skating
To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
To skateboard
A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays]]) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding , and wide [[fin#Noun, fins attached to a flat body.
As nouns the difference between skid and skate
is that skid is an out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car while skate is a runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.As verbs the difference between skid and skate
is that skid is to slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard while skate is to move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.skid
English
Noun
(en noun)- Just before hitting the guardrail the driver was able to regain control and pull out of the skid .
- In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.
- Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equipped with long skids for snow and ice landings.
- He unloaded six skids of boxes from the truck.
- (Totten)
Derived terms
* on the skids * skid markVerb
- They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street.
- (Charles Dickens)
Anagrams
* * ----skate
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)- There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
- The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
