sliding

American  

[slahy-ding] / ˈslaɪ dɪŋ /

adjective

1. rising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions.

2. operated, adjusted, or moved by sliding.

   a sliding door.

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sliding British  

/ ˈslaɪdɪŋ /

adjective

1. rising or falling in accordance with given specifications

   fees were charged as a sliding percentage of income

2. regulated or moved by sliding

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Other Word Forms

• slidingly adverb
• slidingness noun
• unsliding adjective

Etymology

Origin of sliding

before 900; Middle English; Old English slīdende. See slide, -ing ²

Example Sentences

The surreal prospect of U.S. and European allies shooting at each other on Greenland sent stock and bond markets sliding, arousing fears that European investors in U.S. government debt could back away.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Japanese currency has been sliding over the past few months, even as Japanese bond yields have risen; government bond yields and currencies often move in the same direction.

From MarketWatch

Akira felt her grip weakening, her butt sliding in the saddle.

From Literature

What, didn’t you see all the New Year’s Eve eulogies sliding across your feed like tears ribboning down millions of teenagers’ cheeks?

From Salon

The second category is subdivided into “80% privacy: sliding/slatted doors,” “50% privacy: glass doors with walls,” and “zero privacy: no door, no wall, or wall with window.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• collapsing
• decreasing
• descending
• lowering
• plunging
• tumbling
• weakening