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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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slither

 : 
Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
 : 
slith=er

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb slither has 1 sense

  • slither(v = verb.motion) slide - to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"
  • is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP

CIDE DICTIONARY

slitherv. i. [Cf. G. schlittern, LG. schliddern. See slide.].
     To slide; to glide.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

slither, v. & n.
--v.intr. slide unsteadily; go with an irregular slipping motion.
--n. an instance of slithering.

Derivative
slithery adj.
Etymology
ME var. of slidder (now dial.) f. OE slid(e)rian frequent. f. slid-, weak grade of slidan SLIDE

THESAURUS

slither

amble, avalanche, barge, bowl along, bundle, clump, coast, coasting, crawl, creep, drag, droop, flit, flounce, flow, flowing, fly, foot, footslog, gait, gallop, glide, gliding, glissade, glissando, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, ice-skate, jog, jolt, jump, landslide, landslip, limp, lock step, lumber, lunge, lurch, lurk, mince, mincing steps, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, prowl, rack, roll, roller-skate, sail, sailing, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, sideslip, sidle, single-foot, skate, skateboard, skating, ski, skid, skiing, skim, skip, skitter, slather, sled, sledding, sleigh, slick, slidder, slide, slide down, sliding, slink, slip, slippage, slipping, slithering, slog, slouch, slowness, snake, sneak, snowslide, snowslip, stagger, stalk, stamp, steal, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, subsidence, swagger, sweep, sweeping, swing, tittup, toboggan, tobogganing, toddle, totter, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, undulate, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, wiggle, wobble, worm
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