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slither

[ slith-er ]

verb (used without object)

  1. 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.

  2. to go or walk with a sliding motion:

    The snake slithered across the path.



verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to slither or slide.

noun

  1. a slithering movement; slide.

slither

/ ˈ²õ±ôɪðə /

verb

  1. to move or slide or cause to move or slide unsteadily, as on a slippery surface
  2. intr to travel with a sliding motion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a slithering motion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of slither1

1150–1200; Middle English slitheren, variant of sliddren, Old English slid ( e ) rian, frequentative of ²õ±ôÄ«»å²¹²Ô to slide; -er 6
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of slither1

Old English slidrian, from ²õ±ôÄ«»å²¹²Ô to slide
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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.

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"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.

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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.

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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.

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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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