Slink

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  • intransitive verb. To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak.
  • intransitive verb. To give birth to prematurely.
  • adjective. Born prematurely.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sneak; steal or move quietly: generally with off or away.
  • noun. A sneaking fellow.
  • noun. A greedy starveling.
  • noun. A cheat.
  • noun. A small piece of wet meadow-land.
  • Thin; slender; lean; starved and hungry: as, slink cattle.
  • Sneaky; mean.
  • noun. The skin of a still-born calf. Also slunk.
  • To cast prematurely: said of a female boast.
  • To miscarry; cast the young prematurely: said of a female boast.
  • noun. An animal, especially a calf, prematurely brought forth.
  • noun. The flesh of an animal prematurely brought forth; the veal of a calf killed immediately after being calved; bob-veal.
  • noun. A bastard child.
  • noun. A thin or poor and bony fish, especially such a mackerel. See mackerel.
  • Produced prematurely: as, a slink calf.
  • Immature and unfit for human food: as, slink veal; slink meat.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
  • transitive verb. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
  • transitive verb. To cast prematurely; -- said of female beasts.
  • adjective. Produced prematurely.
  • adjective. Thin; lean.
  • noun. The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
  • noun. A thievish fellow; a sneak.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To sneak about furtively.
  • verb. To give birth to an animal prematurely.
  • noun. The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.
  • noun. A thievish fellow; a sneak.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. walk stealthily
  • Word Usage
    "I see a person what you may call slink away secret, like she'd done somethin 'to be' shamed of, 'twas that girl."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    walk  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anemometer  better  body  cast  cowling  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    amble  barge  bowl along  bundle  clump  
    variant
    slunk  
    verb-form
    slinked  slinking  slinks  slunk