Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)Slithery; slippery.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. Tom saw a snake slither across the path.

    ruТом увидел, как тропинку переползает змея. — Wezel

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  2. I slithered down the muddy slope.

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  3. A snake slithered across the path.

    deÜber den Pfad kroch eine Schlange. — dirkz

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  4. Slippery slugs slithered sideways down the slope.

    deGlitschige Schnecken rutschten seitlich den Hang hinunter. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. The centipede slithered between the tree roots.

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Origin

From Middle English slitheren, alteration of slideren (“to slither, creep”), from Old Engl

From 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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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slipperyslitsliverB2slobC1

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