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lliscar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • glide verb To move smoothly and effortlessly, without visible effort or friction.
  • scroll noun A roll of paper or parchment, especially one containing writing.
  • skid noun An uncontrolled sliding movement, as when a vehicle's wheels lose grip.
  • skim verb To read something quickly, picking up only the main points.
  • slide verb To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it.
  • slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.

Senses

lliscar is used for these senses in English:

  • glide (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
  • scroll (ambitransitive, computing, GUI) To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.
  • skid (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.
  • skim (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
  • slide (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
  • slide (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
  • slope (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

glide — full definition

  1. verb To move smoothly and effortlessly, without visible effort or friction.
  2. noun An instance of moving smoothly, or a flight made without engine power.

scroll — full definition

  1. noun A roll of paper or parchment, especially one containing writing.
  2. verb To move text or images on a screen up, down, or sideways to view more content.
  3. verb (informal) To browse social media aimlessly for long stretches of time.

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