slither

Definition von slither im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To move about smoothly and from side to side; {f} slip and slide; glide or slide in the manner of a snake, move smoothly and silently; {i} slipping and sliding, gliding; snakelike movement; If you slither somewhere, you slide along in an uneven way. Robert lost his footing and slithered down the bank; To slide; to glide; to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"; If an animal such as a snake slithers, it moves along in a curving way. The snake slithered into the water. to slide somewhere over a surface, twisting or moving from side to side; to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate
slithered: past of slither
slithering: {s} sliding, gliding, snakelike
slithering: present participle of slither
slithering: moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice"
slithers: third-person singular of slither

slither

Silbentrennung

slith·er

Türkische aussprache

slîdhır

Synonyme

coast, crawl, glide, glissade, move, skate, skid, slink, slip, snake, sneak, wriggle

Aussprache

/ˈsləᴛʜər/ /ˈslɪðɜr/

Etymologie

() From Middle English slitheren, alteration of sliddren (“to slither, creep”), from Old English slidrian (“to slip, slide, slither”), from Proto-Germanic *slidrianan (“to slide, slither”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleidh- (“to slip”). Cognate with Dutch slidderen (“to slip, wriggle, slither”). More at slide.