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English noun: slip | |||
| 1. | slip (act) a socially awkward or tactless act | ||
| Synonyms | faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, solecism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall | ||
| 2. | slip (act) a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | ||
| Synonyms | miscue, parapraxis, slip-up | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | error, fault, mistake | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Freudian slip | ||
| 3. | slip (substance) potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | potter's clay, potter's earth | ||
| 4. | slip (plant) a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | ||
| Synonyms | cutting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stalk, stem | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | quickset | ||
| 5. | slip (person) a young and slender person | ||
| Samples | He's a mere slip of a lad. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | spring chicken, young person, younker, youth | ||
| 6. | slip (location) a place where a craft can be made fast | ||
| Synonyms | berth, moorage, mooring | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anchorage, anchorage ground | ||
| 7. | slip (event) an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | ||
| Samples | He blamed his slip on the ice. The jolt caused many slips and a few spills. | ||
| Synonyms | trip | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | misadventure, mischance, mishap | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fall, spill, tumble | ||
| 8. | slip (attribute) a slippery smoothness | ||
| Samples | He could feel the slickness of the tiller. | ||
| Synonyms | slick, slickness, slipperiness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | smoothness | ||
| 9. | slip (artifact) artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material | ||
| Synonyms | strip | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | artefact, artifact | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | band, band, band, cramp, cramp iron, lead, leading, mullion, reef, ribbon, ring, screed, stay, tab, tape, typewriter ribbon, weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip, weatherstripping | ||
| 10. | slip (artifact) a small sheet of paper | ||
| Samples | A receipt slip. | ||
| Synonyms | slip of paper | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | piece of paper, sheet, sheet of paper | ||
| 11. | slip (artifact) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | ||
| Synonyms | chemise, shift, shimmy, teddy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | undergarment, unmentionable | ||
| Part holonym | shoulder strap, strap | ||
| 12. | slip (artifact) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | ||
| Samples | The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase. | ||
| Synonyms | case, pillow slip, pillowcase | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bed linen | ||
| 13. | slip (act) an unexpected slide | ||
| Synonyms | sideslip, skid | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coast, glide, slide | ||
| 14. | slip (act) a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air | ||
| Synonyms | sideslip | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | airplane maneuver, flight maneuver | ||
| 15. | slip (act) the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | ||
| Synonyms | eluding, elusion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evasion | ||
English verb: slip | |||
| 1. | slip (motion) move stealthily | ||
| Samples | The ship slipped away in the darkness. | ||
| Synonyms | steal | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| 2. | slip (change) insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly | ||
| Samples | He slipped some money into the waiter's hand. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in | ||
| 3. | slip (motion) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | ||
| Samples | The wheels skidded against the sidewalk. | ||
| Synonyms | skid, slew, slide, slue | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | glide | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | side-slip, skid, submarine | ||
| 4. | slip (change) get worse | ||
| Samples | My grades are slipping. | ||
| Synonyms | drop away, drop off, fall away | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decline, worsen | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backslide, lapse | ||
| 5. | slip (motion) move smoothly and easily | ||
| Samples | The bolt slipped into place. Water slipped from the polished marble. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break loose, escape, get away | ||
| 6. | slip (cognition) to make a mistake or be incorrect | ||
| Synonyms | err, mistake | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fall for, misjudge, misremember, slip up, stumble, trip up | ||
| 7. | slip (possession) pass on stealthily | ||
| Samples | He slipped me the key when nobody was looking. | ||
| Examples | They slip the food to the people, They slip the people the food | ||
| Synonyms | sneak | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | ||
| 8. | slip (motion) move easily | ||
| Samples | Slip into something comfortable. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| 9. | slip (motion) cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion | ||
| Samples | He slipped the bolt into place. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Cause | slip | ||
| 10. | slip (cognition) pass out of one's memory | ||
| Synonyms | slip one's mind | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blank out, block, draw a blank, forget | ||
| 11. | slip (change) move out of position | ||
| Samples | Dislocate joints. The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically. | ||
| Synonyms | dislocate, luxate, splay | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
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