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I have a sliding glass door on my closet, and when I slide it one way I can see all my uniforms, and the other way is all my own clothes.
Elle Fanning

Meaning of "sliding" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SLIDING

sliding  [ˈslaɪdɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLIDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sliding is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SLIDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sliding in the English dictionary

The definition of sliding in the dictionary is rising or falling in accordance with given specifications. Other definition of sliding is regulated or moved by sliding.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLIDING


abiding
əˈbaɪdɪŋ
backsliding
ˈbækˌslaɪdɪŋ
confiding
kənˈfaɪdɪŋ
deciding
dɪˈsaɪdɪŋ
dividing
dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ
gliding
ˈɡlaɪdɪŋ
guiding
ˈɡaɪdɪŋ
hang-gliding
ˈhæŋɡlaɪdɪŋ
hiding
ˈhaɪdɪŋ
joyriding
ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪdɪŋ
metalliding
ˈmɛtəˌlaɪdɪŋ
niding
ˈnaɪdɪŋ
nitriding
ˈnaɪtraɪdɪŋ
nondividing
ˌnɒndɪˈvaɪdɪŋ
overriding
ˌəʊvəˈraɪdɪŋ
paragliding
ˈpærəˌɡlaɪdɪŋ
providing
prəˈvaɪdɪŋ
riding
ˈraɪdɪŋ
siding
ˈsaɪdɪŋ
unabiding
ˌʌnəˈbaɪdɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLIDING

slide box
slide changer
slide fastener
slide guitar
slide magazine
slide over
slide projector
slide rest
slide rule
slide show
slide trombone
slide valve
slide-action
slider
slideway
sliding fit
sliding friction
sliding scale
sliding seat
slidingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLIDING

according
beam riding
biding
braiding
chiding
cyaniding
goods siding
horse riding
horseback riding
invaliding
law-abiding
manriding
nightriding
North Riding
outriding
raiding
ram raiding
trick riding
upbraiding
voiding
West Riding

Synonyms and antonyms of sliding in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLIDING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sliding» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sliding

Translation of «sliding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLIDING

Find out the translation of sliding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sliding from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sliding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

滑动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deslizamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

sliding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रपट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انزلاق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скольжения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deslizante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সহচরী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

glissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gelongsor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gleitend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スライディング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

슬라이딩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngusap
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trượt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சறுக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्लाइडिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kayma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scorrevole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przesuwne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ковзання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alunecare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συρόμενη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glidande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skyve
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sliding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIDING»

The term «sliding» is very widely used and occupies the 9.832 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLIDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sliding

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10 QUOTES WITH «SLIDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sliding.
1
Bradley Chicho
Companions are we, enlivened by a mighty gallop quickly sliding a harsh straw basket of sea foam gathered astride the tide.
2
Brian Clough
I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud.
3
Chuck D
Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives.
4
Elle Fanning
I have a sliding glass door on my closet, and when I slide it one way I can see all my uniforms, and the other way is all my own clothes.
5
Nina Fedoroff
We are sliding back into a dark era, and there seems little we can do about it. I am profoundly depressed at just how difficult it has become merely to get a realistic conversation started on issues such as climate change or genetically modified organisms.
6
Nicholas Lea
It seems there's a sliding scale between the money they spend on a movie and its creativity.
7
Federico Garcia Lorca
I was lucky enough to see with my own eyes the recent stock-market crash, where they lost several million dollars, a rabble of dead money that went sliding off into the sea.
8
Demetri Martin
The bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door.
9
Deborah Moggach
I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window.
10
Rosie Perez
The racism, the sexism, I never let it be my problem. It's their problem. If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window. I'll never let it stop me from what I wanna do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLIDING»

Discover the use of sliding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sliding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Advanced Sliding Mode Control for Mechanical Systems: ...
This book is intended for engineers and researchers working in the field of control. Dr. Jinkun Liu works at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Dr. Xinhua Wang works at the National University of Singapore.
Jinkun Liu, Xinhua Wang, 2012
2
Sliding Mode Control: Theory And Applications
This text provides the reader with a grounding in sliding mode control and is appropriate for the graduate with a basic knowledge of classical control theory and some knowledge of state-space methods.
C Edwards, S Spurgeon, 1998
3
Sliding Into Home
She tells the true story about how she and Hank met and built a relationship in secret while she was still Hef’s girl- friend and a public face of Playboy.
Kendra Wilkinson, Jon Warech, 2010
4
Sliding Mode Control In Engineering
This volume details the theory, design and implementation of sliding mode control strategies for linear and nonlinear systems.
Wilfrid Perruquetti, Jean-Pierre Barbot, 2002
5
Sliding Friction: Physical Principles and Applications
New topics covered in this second edition include nanoindentation, wear in combustion engines, effects of humidity, rolling and sliding of carbon nanotubes and the friction dynamics of granular materials.
Bo N.J. Persson, 2000
6
Sliding Mode Control Using Novel Sliding Surfaces
This overview of Sliding Mode Control using novel sliding surfaces first introduces basic notions before discussing the technique of using a nonlinear surface to improve performance.
B. Bandyopadhyay, Fulwani Deepak, Kyung-Soo Kim, 2009
7
Modern Sliding Mode Control Theory: New Perspectives and ...
This concise book covers modern sliding mode control theory.
Giorgio Bartolini, 2008
8
Sliding Mode Control in Electro-mechanical Systems
The book is intended primarily for engineers and establishes an interdisciplinary bridge between control science, electrical and mechanical engineering.
Vadim Utkin, Juergen Guldner, Ma Shijun, 1999
9
Fault Detection and Fault-Tolerant Control Using Sliding Modes
It begins with an introduction to the basic concepts of sliding modes to provide a background to the field. This is followed by chapters that describe the use and design of sliding-mode observers for FDI using robust fault reconstruction.
Halim Alwi, Christopher Edwards, Chee Pin Tan, 2011
10
Land Sliding: Imagining Space, Presence, and Power in ...
New discusses the ways in which Canadian writing, through images of land and space, expresses various assumptions about social values.
William H. New, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLIDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sliding is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Teenagers who scale 171ft bridge before sliding down cables …
In the footage the two teenagers climb the bridge before sliding down to the road below - with no safety rope. The pair are members of Welsh group Feral ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
2
Sliding Doors Combine Function with Fashion
Home improvement tips from Networx.com, a website where real people give unpretentious home & garden advice and share their experiences so that you can ... «Utica Observer Dispatch, Jun 15»
3
Mountain lion, cat face off through sliding door window
The two felines met at the sliding door window. After some pawing, purring and hissing from both cats, the mountain lion walked away and went back into the ... «KPHO Phoenix, Jun 15»
4
Hiker rescued after sliding 300 feet below state's highest bridge
SHELTON, Wash. - Rescuers say a 20-year-old hiker is lucky to be alive after sliding 300 feet down a steep embankment beneath Mason County's High Steel ... «KOMO News, May 15»
5
Winnipeg family, doctors warn about dangers of sliding with toddlers
WINNIPEG — Taking a young child down a slide at the park is something almost every parent has done, but now doctors and some families warn against it. «Globalnews.ca, May 15»
6
A Feline Sonata: Why Cats Love Sliding Notes
"And since cats use lots of sliding frequencies in their calls," Snowdon added, "the cat music had many more sliding notes than the human music." (Scroll to read ... «Nature World News, Mar 15»
7
Sliding SUV narrowly misses TV crew
Sliding SUV narrowly misses TV crew. Published 9:08 PM CST Feb 16, 2015. Next Video: Bear attacks teen while asleep, pulling him by the scalp. 0. next video ... «KETV Omaha, Feb 15»
8
Australian economy 'sliding down the precipice', says JP Morgan
The Australian economy is "sliding down the precipice" due to "glacial" reform efforts, with a weakness in domestic demand that was "recession-like", according ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
9
St. John's reviewing policy on winter sliding
Hamilton, Ontario has banned tobogganing on all municipal property, Ottawa has put bylaws in place to allow sliding only on designated hills and in Toronto, ... «CBC.ca, Jan 15»
10
Sliding hill risks: Ontario cities struggle with liability
The closure of a sliding hill in Sudbury has sparked debate about how to handle the unofficial outdoor activity. The City of Greater Sudbury does not sanction ... «CBC.ca, Jan 15»

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