I. ˈslīdiŋ, -dēŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of sliden to slide
: the act of one that slides
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of sliden to slide
1.
a. obsolete : passing , transitory
b. : of an unreliable nature : shifty
the gentleman with the sliding smile — John Galsworthy
2.
a. : going with a smooth continuous motion : slipping , gliding
a sliding avalanche
a sliding snake
b. archaic : moving smoothly : flowing
naturalize the sliding rhymes … in English — J.R.Lowell
3.
a. : designed to slip along the cord around which it is made : running
sliding knot
b. : adjusted by sliding
the sliding fan windows are unusual — American Guide Series: Louisiana
c. : equipped with or characterized by a sliding part or mechanism
a sliding piston
sliding calipers
4. : rising or falling in accordance with a standard of comparison
rent is charged … in a sliding ratio to the wages of the tenant — Hewlett Johnson
sliding definition of an old man as anyone who is fifteen years older than you are — Alan Gregg
• slid·ing·ly adverb