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SIDE-SLIP → SKID - SLEW - SLIDE - SLIP - SLUEside-slip- n. Alternative form of sideslip.
- v. Alternative form of sideslip.
skid- n. An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
- n. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its…
- n. (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
- n. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
- v. (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
- v. (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
- v. (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
- v. (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
slew- n. (US) A large amount.
- n. The act, or process of slaying.
- n. A device used for slaying.
- n. A change of position.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- v. (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- v. (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- v. (intransitive) To pivot.
- v. (intransitive) To skid.
- v. (transitive, rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- v. (transitive, Britain, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- v. simple past tense of slay.
- n. A wet place; a river inlet.
slide- v. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- v. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- v. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- v. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- v. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
- v. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- v. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
- v. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
- n. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- n. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- n. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- n. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a…
- n. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- n. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- n. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- n. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- n. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- n. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may…
- n. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base.
- n. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- n. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- n. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- n. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal…
- n. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly…
- n. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- n. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
slip- n. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
- n. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- n. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- n. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
- n. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- n. A long, thin piece of something.
- n. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
- n. (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It…
- v. (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- v. (intransitive) To err.
- v. (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
- v. (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- v. (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- v. (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- v. (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or…
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- v. (transitive, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- v. (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly…
- v. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
- v. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- v. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- v. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- n. An act or instance of slipping.
- n. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed…
- n. A slipdress.
- n. A mistake or error.
- n. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- n. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and…
- n. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
- n. (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the…
- n. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field…
- n. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or…
- n. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- n. (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column…
- n. (dated) A child's pinafore.
- n. An outside covering or case.
- n. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
- n. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- n. (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces…
- n. A particular quantity of yarn.
- n. (Britain, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
- n. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- n. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- n. (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an…
- n. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- n. A fish, the sole.
slue- v. (transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
- v. (transitive) To turn something sharply.
- v. (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
- v. (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.
- n. The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
- n. A slough; a run or wet place.
SIDESLIP → COAST - GLIDE - SKID - SLIDE - SLIPsideslip- n. (aviation) A flight manoeuvre that moves the aircraft sideways without turning it.
- v. (aviation) To perform a flight manoeuvre that moves the aircraft sideways without turning it.
coast- n. (obsolete) The side or edge of something.
- n. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
- n. (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country.
- n. (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens.
- v. (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy.
- v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
- v. Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This…
- v. (obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
- v. (obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
- v. (obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
- v. (US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
glide- v. (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
- v. (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
- v. (transitive) To cause to glide.
- v. (phonetics) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
- n. The act of gliding.
- n. (phonology) Semivowel.
- n. (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant…
- n. A bird, the glede or kite.
- n. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
skid- n. An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car.
- n. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its…
- n. (by extension) A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose.
- n. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure.
- v. (intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard.
- v. (transitive) To protect or support with a skid or skids.
- v. (transitive) To cause to move on skids.
- v. (transitive) To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.
slide- v. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- v. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- v. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- v. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- v. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
- v. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- v. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
- v. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
- n. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- n. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- n. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- n. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a…
- n. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- n. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- n. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- n. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- n. A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- n. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may…
- n. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base.
- n. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- n. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- n. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- n. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal…
- n. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly…
- n. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- n. (footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
slip- n. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
- n. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- n. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- n. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
- n. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- n. A long, thin piece of something.
- n. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
- n. (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It…
- v. (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- v. (intransitive) To err.
- v. (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
- v. (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- v. (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- v. (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- v. (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or…
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- v. (transitive, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- v. (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly…
- v. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
- v. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- v. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- v. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- n. An act or instance of slipping.
- n. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed…
- n. A slipdress.
- n. A mistake or error.
- n. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- n. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and…
- n. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
- n. (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the…
- n. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field…
- n. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or…
- n. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- n. (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column…
- n. (dated) A child's pinafore.
- n. An outside covering or case.
- n. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
- n. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- n. (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces…
- n. A particular quantity of yarn.
- n. (Britain, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
- n. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- n. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- n. (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an…
- n. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- n. A fish, the sole.
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