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Definition of slither in English: slitherverb ˈslɪðəˈslɪðər 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move smoothly over a surface with a twisting or oscillating motion. I spied a baby adder slithering away Example sentencesExamples - If you don't move fast, the snake will slither away.
- It felt like an oily snake slithering around in my head.
- I look down and see a long snake slithering past us.
- The road twists vertiginously around sharp drop-offs, and nighttime is when poisonous fer-de-lance snakes slither across the road.
- There were rats and snakes crawling and slithering all over her helpless body.
- What looks like oil slicks slither across the surface, multiple colors twisting over each other.
- As Satan taunts Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, a snake slithers out from beneath the underbrush.
- Artistic images of snakelike forms capture the scaly, slithering, writhing shapes of snakes as they move over the ground or swim in water.
- Gliding smoothly under it, he slithered his fingers in between the wave in a cutting motion.
- A variety of snakes twisted and slithered across his shoulders down to his fingertips as if they had a life of their own.
- A week or so later, the snake slithers back into the wild - broadcasting a signal to researchers about where and how it lives.
- In a moment, the forest was quiet again, and the flying and creeping things slithered and crawled to view the carnage.
- Grace and Willies peered into an aquarium, and to Willie's delight and Grace's horror, saw dozens of squirmy striped creatures slithering over each other.
- Ben dipped under the surface, slithering like a snake after the boys.
- Most of the inhabitants could afford to buy extra water rations and keep plants, which they proudly displayed sprawling out of the windows and slithering up the pale, smooth walls of their homes.
- Creatures that slither, writhe or scuttle currently form the star attraction for visitors of all ages to the town.
- The ship seems to slither and move as if it's alive.
- Then, above our heads soared three eagles, and not long after, an adder slithered calmly between our feet.
- ‘It's a place of peace for me,’ Carlos says as a black snake slithers by.
- What Moon has found is that a snake slithers by bending its body into a series of S-shaped curves produced by alternating waves of muscle contraction that start at the reptile's head and move back toward its tail.
- 1.1 Slide or slip unsteadily on a loose or slippery surface.
we slithered down a snowy mountain track Example sentencesExamples - Now we have a better idea where we need to make improvements, as the car was not pleasant to drive in the second half of the race, sliding and slithering on what felt like melted rubber - it gave me no chance to push as I would have liked.
- Motorists in south Essex slipped and slithered to work today as the first snow of winter caused chaos on the roads.
- Then he slithered back down and made a lot of motions with his hands which Sanchen didn't understand.
- They slipped and slithered over the ice in a vain search for food.
- I flex my legs and jump for the door, clinging to the grooves and gaps in the ceiling and twist the knob, jamming it open and slithering through.
- Unpleasant weather conditions prevailed and the players slithering on the greasy surface was a common occurrence.
- He stood up painfully and slithered across the slimy floor, slipping on the fish that had scattered from the broken boxes.
- So traumatized by what he saw in China, and so ashamed of being a human, the man returns to his village thinking he is a snake, slithering on the ground, hissing at former friends and family.
- Her biggest problem was staying upright as she slipped and slithered on the dry grass.
- We watched spellbound as they rolled around in the deep mud, then slithered and slid up the muddy bank before playfully pushing each other back down the slope.
- Drivers slipped and slithered to work and children were told to stay away from school as heavy snow fell across Greater Manchester and the north west today.
- Just up the hill beyond, up which our wheels slithered and slid, we left the van at the roadside and unloaded the god-goodies we'd picked up in the small town on the way.
- I crouched down without making a sound and started slithering like a snake through the bushy tomato plants that Mr. Russo had tied up on stakes.
- The performers had to make their way across the net by getting in and out of the clothes, perching and hanging, twisting and slithering their way through the canopy like primates.
- Yesterday, one bull was separated from the rest of the group when it slithered on a slippery street after recent rain.
- Be assured that I will continue my apparent never ending cycle, struggling to push my rock up the mountain only to watch it slither and slide down after nearing the peak.
- However, handling errors among the backs saw a couple of early and valiant moves end in loss of possession, as the ball slithered and slipped through fingers.
- Three teams will crawl and wriggle and slither to stalk and triangulate on a small guarded bridge.
- Envelopes are rapidly slithering and sliding across the floor and plastic bags can be seen floating upwards as if they were balloons.
- He rolled his eyes at her when she quickly moved her leg, and slithered to the other side of the bed, keeping the distance between him.
Synonyms slide, slip, glide, glissade squirm, wriggle, snake, worm, slink, creep, crawl skid
noun ˈslɪðəˈslɪðər 1in singular A slithering movement. a snake-like slither across the grass Example sentencesExamples - The trip begins quite innocuously as a slippery slither along muddy calcite - awkward, but nothing to write home about.
- It's only a matter of time until they begin researching once the first whispers about Santa's non-existence slither through the school.
- From somewhere behind me, I heard a slight plop, a slither and then a sudden weight on my bed.
- Viro heard a slither, and a hiss, and looked above; from the rafters, a furred snake hung, its tail coiled upon a rotten wooded sign, the whitish paint flecked and gone.
- The sheen of satin, the slither of the bias cut and the jewel-like colours so loved by Tamara were perfect for the Christmas fashion issue, in a season which had embraced a more conventional glamour.
- She had mastered the texture not only of skin but of fabrics, from the slither of silks to the deep tousle of thick wool and towelling and the stiff give of fine leather gloves.
- A tightish slither down at the far end of Four Ways Chamber would have bought you to the same place.
- He dapples the piece with shadow, signs his name in a loose-wristed slither and slides the book forward.
- A short slither down enters an attractive little chamber, known as Flowstone Chamber.
- Each rock was chosen and placed very precisely so that the pace of the water would change from a slither to a surge at various points along the waterfall's course.
- To the right at the junction, is a slither down to a pool of water.
- From there, it was a slow slither up the rocky path of opportunity.
- The way on from here was a slither down an inconspicuous and rather grotty looking muddy hole.
- It was all silent until Jake, the last person walking, heard a slither.
- The crawl soon gives way to a small collapse chamber where a slither through a narrow slot leads to cave of slightly more civilised proportions.
2British informal A sliver. Example sentencesExamples - A vivid green pile of leaves, beans and peas was crowned with slithers of smoked duck as well as pate foie gras encased in shells of duck meat.
- The mainland has diminished to a thin line of green and purple trees, and, closer by, neighbouring islands are underscored by slithers of sand and backed by dense jungle.
- I knew some pros only came for one of the days so I still had a slither of hope.
- The challenge now is the marathon of a 14-mile nonstop stretch of waves and holes that slithers through the curvilinear canyon like a snake on crack.
- Cured bresaola with goats' cheese and walnuts and the tagliete gratinate, with its grilled slithers of courgette and tomato, are rustic Italian cooking at its best.
- She found it open, revealing a slither of light.
- The band surfs along a wave of echoed percussion and slithers of organ whilst Bergsman croons.
- I walked down the dark hallway, only lit by slithers of light from cracks between the stones of the wall.
- Adverse possession isn't only about slithers of land centimetres wide, occasionally it can be about bigger parcels of land.
- A slither of light shone across the dark hall.
- Or the slithers of beef sirloin marinated in chilli and lime, stir-fried with vegetables and noodles.
- They had the same bone structure in their faces, shown clearly as only foundation and a slither of lipstick had been applied.
- The majority of bases are crowded with barely a slither of light between the bodies inhabiting them.
- It was pitch black inside the dumpster with only a slither of light entering through the crack of the lid.
- The financial firm belongs to a class of companies that promises, for its shareholders, a big dollop of jam tomorrow but only a slither of dry toast today.
- But no titbits of food - well, maybe just a couple of slithers of sliced chicken.
- Myri slowly pushed the right-hand door open, allowing a slither of light to pierce the gloomy room.
- Nick's meal came served in a huge bowl: a wonderful-looking salad, full of green leaves, pepper slithers and chunks of tomato crowned with a big hunk of chicken.
- Glutton that I am, though, I was disappointed to find just four small slithers of meat atop a sculpted mountain of the red stuff.
- Dill pickles, a bit of cos lettuce, slithers of Parmesan - that's all you need.
Synonyms splinter, shard, shiver, chip, flake, shred, scrap, slither, shaving, paring
Origin Middle English: alteration of the dialect verb slidder, frequentative from the base of slide. sledge from Old English: The sledge that is a vehicle used on snow and ice came in the late 16th century from Dutch and is related to sled (Middle English), sleigh (early 18th century), slide (Old English), and slither (Middle English). Sleigh is from Dutch, and was originally adopted in North America. To take for a sleigh ride is a dated slang phrase meaning ‘to mislead’, from the use of sleigh ride for an implausible or false story or a hoax. A sleigh ride could also mean ‘a drug-induced high’—this went with the use of snow for cocaine in white powder form, an early 20th-century use for this Old English word. As a name for what we would now more usually call a sledgehammer, the other sledge is recorded in Old English and goes back to a root meaning ‘to strike’ and related to slay. A sledgehammer is a large, heavy hammer used for jobs such as breaking rocks and driving in fence posts, so to take a sledgehammer to crack a nut is to use a disproportionately forceful means to achieve a simple objective. The expression is recorded in the 1930s, but a decade earlier an American version use a sledgehammer to kill a gnat appears. In the 1970s Australian cricketers started sledging, or making offensive or needling remarks to opposing batsmen in an attempt to break their concentration. The idea behind the term is the crudity and lack of subtlety involved in using a sledge or sledgehammer.
Rhymes dither, hither, swither, thither, whither, wither, zither Definition of slither in US English: slitherverbˈslɪðərˈsliT͟Hər 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move smoothly over a surface with a twisting or oscillating motion. I spied a baby adder slithering away Example sentencesExamples - Ben dipped under the surface, slithering like a snake after the boys.
- Grace and Willies peered into an aquarium, and to Willie's delight and Grace's horror, saw dozens of squirmy striped creatures slithering over each other.
- What looks like oil slicks slither across the surface, multiple colors twisting over each other.
- I look down and see a long snake slithering past us.
- Artistic images of snakelike forms capture the scaly, slithering, writhing shapes of snakes as they move over the ground or swim in water.
- In a moment, the forest was quiet again, and the flying and creeping things slithered and crawled to view the carnage.
- Most of the inhabitants could afford to buy extra water rations and keep plants, which they proudly displayed sprawling out of the windows and slithering up the pale, smooth walls of their homes.
- The ship seems to slither and move as if it's alive.
- The road twists vertiginously around sharp drop-offs, and nighttime is when poisonous fer-de-lance snakes slither across the road.
- Creatures that slither, writhe or scuttle currently form the star attraction for visitors of all ages to the town.
- There were rats and snakes crawling and slithering all over her helpless body.
- ‘It's a place of peace for me,’ Carlos says as a black snake slithers by.
- If you don't move fast, the snake will slither away.
- Gliding smoothly under it, he slithered his fingers in between the wave in a cutting motion.
- What Moon has found is that a snake slithers by bending its body into a series of S-shaped curves produced by alternating waves of muscle contraction that start at the reptile's head and move back toward its tail.
- As Satan taunts Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, a snake slithers out from beneath the underbrush.
- A week or so later, the snake slithers back into the wild - broadcasting a signal to researchers about where and how it lives.
- Then, above our heads soared three eagles, and not long after, an adder slithered calmly between our feet.
- It felt like an oily snake slithering around in my head.
- A variety of snakes twisted and slithered across his shoulders down to his fingertips as if they had a life of their own.
- 1.1 Slide or slip unsteadily on a loose or slippery surface.
we slithered down a snowy mountain track Example sentencesExamples - The performers had to make their way across the net by getting in and out of the clothes, perching and hanging, twisting and slithering their way through the canopy like primates.
- Motorists in south Essex slipped and slithered to work today as the first snow of winter caused chaos on the roads.
- However, handling errors among the backs saw a couple of early and valiant moves end in loss of possession, as the ball slithered and slipped through fingers.
- He rolled his eyes at her when she quickly moved her leg, and slithered to the other side of the bed, keeping the distance between him.
- So traumatized by what he saw in China, and so ashamed of being a human, the man returns to his village thinking he is a snake, slithering on the ground, hissing at former friends and family.
- He stood up painfully and slithered across the slimy floor, slipping on the fish that had scattered from the broken boxes.
- Now we have a better idea where we need to make improvements, as the car was not pleasant to drive in the second half of the race, sliding and slithering on what felt like melted rubber - it gave me no chance to push as I would have liked.
- Envelopes are rapidly slithering and sliding across the floor and plastic bags can be seen floating upwards as if they were balloons.
- I crouched down without making a sound and started slithering like a snake through the bushy tomato plants that Mr. Russo had tied up on stakes.
- Unpleasant weather conditions prevailed and the players slithering on the greasy surface was a common occurrence.
- Her biggest problem was staying upright as she slipped and slithered on the dry grass.
- Then he slithered back down and made a lot of motions with his hands which Sanchen didn't understand.
- I flex my legs and jump for the door, clinging to the grooves and gaps in the ceiling and twist the knob, jamming it open and slithering through.
- Three teams will crawl and wriggle and slither to stalk and triangulate on a small guarded bridge.
- Drivers slipped and slithered to work and children were told to stay away from school as heavy snow fell across Greater Manchester and the north west today.
- They slipped and slithered over the ice in a vain search for food.
- We watched spellbound as they rolled around in the deep mud, then slithered and slid up the muddy bank before playfully pushing each other back down the slope.
- Yesterday, one bull was separated from the rest of the group when it slithered on a slippery street after recent rain.
- Just up the hill beyond, up which our wheels slithered and slid, we left the van at the roadside and unloaded the god-goodies we'd picked up in the small town on the way.
- Be assured that I will continue my apparent never ending cycle, struggling to push my rock up the mountain only to watch it slither and slide down after nearing the peak.
Synonyms slide, slip, glide, glissade
nounˈslɪðərˈsliT͟Hər 1in singular A slithering movement. a snake-like slither across the grass Example sentencesExamples - A short slither down enters an attractive little chamber, known as Flowstone Chamber.
- The sheen of satin, the slither of the bias cut and the jewel-like colours so loved by Tamara were perfect for the Christmas fashion issue, in a season which had embraced a more conventional glamour.
- The crawl soon gives way to a small collapse chamber where a slither through a narrow slot leads to cave of slightly more civilised proportions.
- Each rock was chosen and placed very precisely so that the pace of the water would change from a slither to a surge at various points along the waterfall's course.
- It's only a matter of time until they begin researching once the first whispers about Santa's non-existence slither through the school.
- From somewhere behind me, I heard a slight plop, a slither and then a sudden weight on my bed.
- It was all silent until Jake, the last person walking, heard a slither.
- The trip begins quite innocuously as a slippery slither along muddy calcite - awkward, but nothing to write home about.
- The way on from here was a slither down an inconspicuous and rather grotty looking muddy hole.
- From there, it was a slow slither up the rocky path of opportunity.
- She had mastered the texture not only of skin but of fabrics, from the slither of silks to the deep tousle of thick wool and towelling and the stiff give of fine leather gloves.
- To the right at the junction, is a slither down to a pool of water.
- He dapples the piece with shadow, signs his name in a loose-wristed slither and slides the book forward.
- Viro heard a slither, and a hiss, and looked above; from the rafters, a furred snake hung, its tail coiled upon a rotten wooded sign, the whitish paint flecked and gone.
- A tightish slither down at the far end of Four Ways Chamber would have bought you to the same place.
2British informal A sliver. Example sentencesExamples - The mainland has diminished to a thin line of green and purple trees, and, closer by, neighbouring islands are underscored by slithers of sand and backed by dense jungle.
- Glutton that I am, though, I was disappointed to find just four small slithers of meat atop a sculpted mountain of the red stuff.
- I walked down the dark hallway, only lit by slithers of light from cracks between the stones of the wall.
- It was pitch black inside the dumpster with only a slither of light entering through the crack of the lid.
- She found it open, revealing a slither of light.
- Dill pickles, a bit of cos lettuce, slithers of Parmesan - that's all you need.
- The challenge now is the marathon of a 14-mile nonstop stretch of waves and holes that slithers through the curvilinear canyon like a snake on crack.
- Nick's meal came served in a huge bowl: a wonderful-looking salad, full of green leaves, pepper slithers and chunks of tomato crowned with a big hunk of chicken.
- The band surfs along a wave of echoed percussion and slithers of organ whilst Bergsman croons.
- The financial firm belongs to a class of companies that promises, for its shareholders, a big dollop of jam tomorrow but only a slither of dry toast today.
- Or the slithers of beef sirloin marinated in chilli and lime, stir-fried with vegetables and noodles.
- But no titbits of food - well, maybe just a couple of slithers of sliced chicken.
- A vivid green pile of leaves, beans and peas was crowned with slithers of smoked duck as well as pate foie gras encased in shells of duck meat.
- A slither of light shone across the dark hall.
- They had the same bone structure in their faces, shown clearly as only foundation and a slither of lipstick had been applied.
- Myri slowly pushed the right-hand door open, allowing a slither of light to pierce the gloomy room.
- I knew some pros only came for one of the days so I still had a slither of hope.
- Adverse possession isn't only about slithers of land centimetres wide, occasionally it can be about bigger parcels of land.
- The majority of bases are crowded with barely a slither of light between the bodies inhabiting them.
- Cured bresaola with goats' cheese and walnuts and the tagliete gratinate, with its grilled slithers of courgette and tomato, are rustic Italian cooking at its best.
Synonyms splinter, shard, shiver, chip, flake, shred, scrap, slither, shaving, paring
Origin Middle English: alteration of the dialect verb slidder, frequentative from the base of slide. |