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1. (v.i.) slither
to move or walk with a sliding motion, as a snake.
2. slither
to slide down or along a surface, esp. unsteadily, from side to side.
3. (v.t.) slither
to cause to slither or slide.
4. (n.) slither
a slithering movement; slide.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME, var. of sliddren, OE slid(e)rian, freq. of slīdan to slide ; see -er6)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) slither, slide
to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
"They slid through the wicket in the big gate"
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1. (verb) slither
to move like a snake
The snake slithered down the wall.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) slither
to slide; to glide
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Sense: to slide or slip while trying to walk (eg on mud)
The dog was slithering about on the mud.
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 Afrikaans: gly, glip |
 Arabic: يَنْزَلِق، يَتَزَحْلَق |
 Bulgarian: плъзгам (се) |
 Brazilian: resvalar |
 Czech: smeknout se |
 German: schlittern |
 Danish: glide |
 Greek: γλιστρώ |
 Spanish: deslizarse |
 Estonian: libisema |
 Farsi: خزيدن |
 Finnish: liukastella |
 French: glisser |
 Hebrew: לְהַחֲלִיק |
 Hindi: फिसलते हुए आगे बढ़ना |
 Croatian: sklizati se, posrtati |
 Hungarian: (meg)csúszik |
 Indonesian: tergelincir |
 Icelandic: renna til |
 Italian: scivolare; strisciare |
 Japanese: ずるずるすべる |
 Korean: 주르르 미끄러지다 |
 Lithuanian: slysti, slidinėti |
 Latvian: slīdēt |
 Malay: tergelincir |
 Dutch: glibberen |
 Norwegian: gli;åle seg |
 Polish: poślizgnąć się, ślizgać s |
 Persian: خزيدن |
 Pashto: خښيدل، ښوييدل (اصط)، بهيد |
 Portuguese: resvalar |
 Romanian: a aluneca |
 Russian: соскальзывать, скатыватьс |
 Slovak: šmyknúť sa |
 Slovenian: zdrsniti |
 Serbian: klizati se |
 Swedish: hasa, halka |
 Thai: ลื่นไถล |
 Turkish: kaymak, kayarak gitmek |
 Taiwanese: 滑行(不穩地)，走路腳滑 |
 Ukrainian: ковзати; скочуватися |
 Urdu: گمگاتے ہوئے یا آڑا سیدھا |
 Vietnamese: trượt, tuột |
 Chinese: （不稳地）滑行，不稳地滑动 |
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