To move smoothly along the surface of, while maintaining continual contact.

Inflected Form(s):

Sliding (adjective), Slides (plural), Slid (past tense)

Comments:

Sliding typically refers to moving along the body, while staying in constant contact with it - as in checking.

Sliding differs from rove in that sliding requires constant contact.

Related Definition(s):

Rove

Related Term(s):

Colliding Forces