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slither
[ slith-er ]
verb (used without object)
- to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise:
The box slithered down the chute.
- to go or walk with a sliding motion:
The snake slithered across the path.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to slither or slide.
noun
- a slithering movement; slide.
slither
/ ˈ²õ±ôɪðə /
verb
- to move or slide or cause to move or slide unsteadily, as on a slippery surface
- intr to travel with a sliding motion
noun
- a slithering motion
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±ô¾±³Ù³óİù·²â adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of slither1
Example Sentences
Dr Rebecca Bell, a reader in tectonics at Imperial College London, said that to accommodate all of this motion, faults - cracks in the rock - form which allow tectonic plates to "slither" sideways.
"You've got the sun coming up behind, then this moon going into a slither and turning red," she told the BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.
Villarreal: Yeah, the snake imagery has me trying to determine who is slithering with deception — I’m starting to suspect Mook isn’t as sweet and nice as we think she is.
A driver had to make an unexpected stop on a Melbourne motorway after she looked down to find a deadly snake inside her car - and slithering up her leg.
If an oarfish happens to swim up to the ocean’s surface, a sailor would see a long slithering creature with spiky protrusions on its head and could believe it was a sea monster, Paig-Tran said.
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