Slip

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  • noun. Thinned potter's clay used for decorating or coating ceramics.
  • noun. A part of a plant cut or broken off for grafting or planting; a scion or cutting.
  • noun. A long narrow piece; a strip.
  • noun. A slender youthful person.
  • noun. A small piece of paper, especially a small form, document, or receipt.
  • noun. A narrow pew in a church.
  • transitive verb. To make a slip from (a plant or plant part).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To move smoothly, easily, and quietly.
  • intransitive verb. To move stealthily; steal.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint.
  • intransitive verb. To put on or remove a piece of clothing smoothly or quietly.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To slide involuntarily and lose one's balance or foothold. synonym: slide.
  • intransitive verb. To move accidentally out of place or fail to gain traction.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To pass gradually, easily, or imperceptibly into a different state.
  • intransitive verb. To decline from a former or standard level; fall off.
  • intransitive verb. To elapse, especially quickly or without notice.
  • intransitive verb. To fall into fault or error. Often used with up.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To place or insert smoothly and quietly.
  • intransitive verb. To insert (a remark, for example) unobtrusively.
  • intransitive verb. To put on or remove (clothing) easily or quickly.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To get loose or free from; elude.
  • intransitive verb. To fail to be remembered by.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To release, loose, or unfasten.
  • intransitive verb. To unleash or free (a dog or hawk) to pursue game.
  • intransitive verb. To give birth to prematurely. Used of animals.
  • intransitive verb. To dislocate (a bone).
  • intransitive verb. To pass (a knitting stitch) from one needle to another without knitting it.
  • noun. The act or an instance of slipping or sliding.
  • noun. An accident or mishap, especially resulting in a fall.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An error in conduct or thinking; a mistake.
  • noun. A slight error or oversight, as in speech or writing.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A docking place for a ship between two piers.
  • noun. A slipway.
  • noun. The difference between a vessel's actual speed through water and the speed at which the vessel would move if the screw were propelling against a solid.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A woman's undergarment of dress length with shoulder straps.
  • noun. A half-slip.
  • noun. A pillowcase.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A smooth crack at which rock strata have moved on each other.
  • noun. A small fault.
  • Word Usage
    "He tried to recall the word infection, chided himself for letting so crucial a term slip from his memory."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chip  Crip  Flip  Kip  Nip  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    belt  box  card  cut  drop  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    slipped  slipping  
    verb-form
    slipped  slipping  slips  slipt