滑 — meaning in English

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.
• slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.

Senses

滑 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.
• 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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