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1 slippery
1) (so smooth as to cause slipping: The path is slippery - watch out!) slidus2) (not trustworthy: He's rather a slippery character.) slidus, nepatikimas -
2 foothold
noun (a place to put one's feet when climbing: to find footholds on the slippery rock.) atrama kojoms -
3 greasy
1) (of or like grease: greasy food.) riebus2) (covered in grease: greasy hands.) riebaluotas, tepaluotas3) (slippery, as if covered in grease: greasy roads.) slidus, glitus -
4 ooze
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5 slide
1. past tense, past participle - slid; verb1) (to (cause to) move or pass along smoothly: He slid the drawer open; Children must not slide in the school corridors.) slinkti, stumti, slidinėti2) (to move quietly or secretly: I slid hurriedly past the window; He slid the book quickly out of sight under his pillow.) nepastebimai smukti, (pa)slinkti2. noun1) (an act of sliding.) slinkimas, smukimas2) (a slippery track, or apparatus with a smooth sloping surface, on which people or things can slide: The children were taking turns on the slide in the playground.) šliuožynė3) (a small transparent photograph for projecting on to a screen etc: The lecture was illustrated with slides.) skaidrė4) (a glass plate on which objects are placed to be examined under a microscope.) objektinis stiklelis5) ((also hair-slide) a (decorative) hinged fastening for the hair.) segtukas•- sliding door -
6 slime
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7 slip
I 1. [slip] past tense, past participle - slipped; verb1) (to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing: I slipped and fell on the path.) paslysti2) (to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control: The plate slipped out of my grasp.) išslysti, išsprūsti3) (to drop in standard: I'm sorry about my mistake - I must be slipping!) nusivažiuoti, darytis niekam tikusiam4) (to move quietly especially without being noticed: She slipped out of the room.) išslinkti5) (to escape from: The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.) ištrūkti iš6) (to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement: She slipped the letter back in its envelope.) įkišti2. noun1) (an act of slipping: Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.) paslydimas2) (a usually small mistake: Everyone makes the occasional slip.) apsirikimas, klaida3) (a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.) apatinukas4) ((also slipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.) slipas, stapelis•- slipper- slippery
- slipperiness
- slip road
- slipshod
- give someone the slip
- give the slip
- let slip
- slip into
- slip off
- slip on
- slip up II [slip] noun(a strip or narrow piece of paper: She wrote down his telephone number on a slip of paper.) skiautelė
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Slippery — Slip per*y, a. [See {Slipper}, a.] 1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slippery — having a slippery surface, c.1500, from M.E. sliper (adj.), from O.E. slipor slippery (see SLIP (Cf. slip) (v.)) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Metaphoric sense of deceitful is first recorded 1550s. Related: Slipperiness. In a figurative sense, slippery slope… … Etymology dictionary
slippery — [slip′ər ē, slip′rē] adj. slipperier, slipperiest [altered < ME sliper, slippery < OE slipor, akin to MHG slupferic: for IE base see SLIP1] 1. causing or liable to cause sliding or slipping, as a wet, waxed, or greasy surface 2. tending to… … English World dictionary
slippery — [adj1] smooth, slick glacé, glassy, glazed, glistening, greasy, icy, like a skating rink*, lubricious, lustrous, perilous, polished, satiny, silky, sleek, slimy, soapy, unctuous, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, waxy, wet; concept 606 Ant. dry,… … New thesaurus
slippery — index deceptive, elusive, evasive, insecure, machiavellian, perfidious, precarious, sly, undependable … Law dictionary
slippery — ► ADJECTIVE 1) difficult to hold firmly or stand on through being smooth, wet, or slimy. 2) (of a person) evasive and unpredictable. 3) (of a word or concept) changing in meaning according to context or point of view. DERIVATIVES slipperiness… … English terms dictionary
slippery — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look ▪ become, get ▪ The concrete gets slippery when it s wet. ▪ make sth … Collocations dictionary
slippery — slip|per|y [ˈslıpəri] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: slipper slippery (11 19 centuries), from Old English slipor] 1.) something that is slippery is difficult to hold, walk on etc because it is wet or ↑greasy ▪ In places, the path can be wet and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
slippery — [[t]slɪ̱pəri[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is slippery is smooth, wet, or oily and is therefore difficult to walk on or to hold. The tiled floor was wet and slippery... Motorists were warned to beware of slippery conditions. 2) ADJ GRADED… … English dictionary
slippery — adjective 1 something that is slippery is difficult to hold, walk on etc because it is wet or greasy: Be careful! The floor s very slippery. 2 informal someone who is slippery cannot be trusted and usually manages to avoid being punished:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
slippery — UK [ˈslɪpərɪ] / US [ˈslɪp(ə)rɪ] adjective Word forms slippery : adjective slippery comparative slipperier superlative slipperiest 1) a slippery surface, object etc is difficult to move on or to hold because it is smooth, wet, or covered in… … English dictionary
