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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glide |
| Synonyms: | coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, lapse, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot*, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slide |
| Synonyms: | coast, flow, glide, glissade, ice skate, roller skate, sail along, skim |
| Main Entry: | slide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly; move down |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, coast, drift, drive, drop, fall, fall off, flow, glide, glissade, launch, move, move along, move over, propel, sag, scooch, shift, shove, skate, skid, skim, slip, slither, slump, smooth along, spill, stream, thrust, toboggan, tumble, veer |
| Main Entry: | slink/slither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | creep by |
| Synonyms: | coast, cower, glide, glissade, go stealthily, gumshoe, lurk, meander, pass quietly, prowl, pussyfoot, shirk, sidle, skitter, skulk, slick, slide, slip, snake, sneak, steal, undulate |
| Main Entry: | slip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall; glide |
| Synonyms: | drop, glissade, lose balance, lose footing, lurch, move, shift, skate, skid, slick, slide, slither, smooth along, totter, trip |
| Main Entry: | slither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slide |
| Synonyms: | coast, crawl, glide, glissade, move, skate, skid, slink, slip, snake*, sneak, wriggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | creep by |
| Synonyms: | coast, cower, glide, glissade, go stealthily, gumshoe, lurk, meander, mooch, pass quietly, prowl, pussyfoot, shirk, sidle, skitter, skulk, slick, slide, slip, slither, snake, sneak, steal, undulate |
| Main Entry: | sinuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slither |
| Synonyms: | coast, crawl, glide, glissade, move, skate, skid, slink, slip*, snake*, sneak, undulate, wriggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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