slink
Thin; leanThin; lean
» The centipede slinked through the overgrown grass.
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1 senses(Scotland)Thin; lean
Examples
8 sentencesThe centipede slinked through the overgrown grass.
The centipede slinked along the rocky ledge.
The centipede slinked into the narrow crevice.
He was trying to slink into the house.
ruОн пытался прокрасться в дом. — odexed
The ferret slunk between the bars of the gate.
Origin
From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), fromFrom Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”).
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Forms
more slink, most slink| Comparative | more slink Lesson |
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| Superlative | most slink Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.