Results for: "slip"
Translating from English to Welsh
Additional Definitions (WordNet):
NOUN (15)
1.
a socially awkward or tactless act;
[syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie]
2. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.;
[syn: slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis]
3. potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics;
4. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting;
[syn: cutting, slip]
5. a young and slender person;
- Example: "he's a mere slip of a lad"
6. a place where a craft can be made fast;
[syn: mooring, moorage, berth, slip]
7. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall;
- Example: "he blamed his slip on the ice"
- Example: "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
[syn: slip, trip]
8. a slippery smoothness;
- Example: "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
[syn: slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip]
9. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material;
[syn: strip, slip]
10. a small sheet of paper;
- Example: "a receipt slip"
[syn: slip, slip of paper]
11. a woman's sleeveless undergarment;
[syn: chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy]
12. bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;
- Example: "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
[syn: case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip]
13. an unexpected slide;
[syn: skid, slip, sideslip]
14. a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air;
[syn: slip, sideslip]
15. the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning);
[syn: slip, elusion, eluding]
VERB (11)
1. move stealthily;
- Example: "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
[syn: steal, slip]
2. insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly;
- Example: "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
3. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
- Example: "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
[syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]
4. get worse;
- Example: "My grades are slipping"
[syn: slip, drop off, drop away, fall away]
5. move smoothly and easily;
- Example: "the bolt slipped into place"
- Example: "water slipped from the polished marble"
6. to make a mistake or be incorrect;
[syn: err, mistake, slip]
7. pass on stealthily;
- Example: "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
[syn: slip, sneak]
8. move easily;
- Example: "slip into something comfortable"
9. cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion;
- Example: "he slipped the bolt into place"
10. pass out of one's memory;
[syn: slip, slip one's mind]
11. move out of position;
- Example: "dislocate joints"
- Example: "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
[syn: dislocate, luxate, splay, slip]
No translations found for "slip".
