slither
A limestone rubbleA limestone rubble.
» Tom saw a snake slither across the path.
Том увидел, как тропинку переползает змея.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A limestone rubble.
(countable, nonstandard, uncountable)A sliver.
(collective, countable, uncountable)A group of snakes.
Examples
17 sentencesTom saw a snake slither across the path.
ruТом увидел, как тропинку переползает змея. — Wezel
I slithered down the muddy slope.
A snake slithered across the path.
deÜber den Pfad kroch eine Schlange. — dirkz
Slippery slugs slithered sideways down the slope.
deGlitschige Schnecken rutschten seitlich den Hang hinunter. — al_ex_an_der
The centipede slithered between the tree roots.
Origin
From Middle English slitheren, alteration of slideren (“to slither, creep”), from Old EnglFrom Middle English slitheren, alteration of slideren (“to slither, creep”), from Old English slidrian (“to slip, slide, slither”), from Proto-West Germanic *slidrōn (“to slide, slither”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- (“to slip”), equivalent to slide + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch slidderen (“to slip, wriggle, slither”), German schlittern (“to slither, skid”). More at slide.
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Forms
plural: slithersWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable