Found 8 hits - Term: slip, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slip \slip\, v. i. imp. p. p. slipped; p. pr. vb. n.
slipping. oe. slippen; akin to lg. d. slippen, mhg.
slipfen cf. dan. slippe, sw. slippa, icel. sleppa, and fr.
oe. slipen, as. slimacpan in comp., akin to g. schleifen
to slide, glide, drag, whet, ohg. slimacfan to slide,
glide, make smooth, icel. slimacpa to whet; cf. also as.
sl?pan, goth. sliupan, os. slopian, ohg. sliofan, g.
schliefen, schl?pfen, which seem to come from a somewhat
different root form. cf. slope, n.
1. to move along the surface of a thing without bounding,
rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
1913 webster
2. to slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to
tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest
the foot should slip.
1913 webster
3. to move or fly out of place; to shoot; -- often with
out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
1913 webster
4. to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as
if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner;
as, some errors slipped into the work.
1913 webster
thus one tradesman slips away,
to give his partner fairer play. --prior.
1913 webster
thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. --dryden.
1913 webster
5. to err; to fall into error or fault.
1913 webster
there is one that slippeth in his speech, but not
from his heart. --ecclus. xix.
16.
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to let slip, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound;
to allow to escape.
1913 webster
cry, "havoc," and let slip the dogs of war. --shak.
1913 webster
see also:
slipped slipping slope to let slip
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slip \slip\, n. as. slipe, slip.
1. the act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
1913 webster
2. an unintentional error or fault; a false step.
1913 webster
this good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.
--fuller.
1913 webster
3. a twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion;
hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
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a native slip to us from foreign seeds. --shak.
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the girlish slip of a sicilian bride. --r. browning.
1913 webster
4. a slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
1913 webster
moonlit slips of silver cloud. --tennyson.
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a thin slip of a girl, like a new moon
sure to be rounded into beauty soon. --longfellow.
1913 webster
5. a leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called
from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become
loose, by relaxation of the hand.
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we stalked over the extensive plains with killbuck
and lena in the slips, in search of deer. --sir s.
baker.
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6. an escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give
one the slip. --shak.
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7. print. a portion of the columns of a newspaper or other
work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type
when set up and in the galley.
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8. any covering easily slipped on. specifically:
a a loose garment worn by a woman.
b a child's pinafore.
c an outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
d the slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. r.
1913 webster
9. a counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with
silver. obs. --shak.
1913 webster
10. matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding
of edge tools. prov. eng. --sir w. petty.
1913 webster
11. potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the
decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for
handles and other applied parts.
1913 webster
12. a particular quantity of yarn. prov. eng.
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13. an inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon
which it is hauled for repair.
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14. an opening or space for vessels to lie in, between
wharves or in a dock; as, peck slip. u. s.
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15. a narrow passage between buildings. eng.
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16. a long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a
door. u. s.
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17. mining. a dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
--knight.
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18. engin. the motion of the center of resistance of the
float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through
the water horozontally, or the difference between a
vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have
if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also,
the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward
current of water produced by the propeller.
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19. zool. a fish, the sole.
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20. cricket a fielder stationed on the off side and to the
rear of the batsman. there are usually two of them,
called respectively short slip, and long slip.
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22. mach.
a the retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it
slips.
b in a link motion, the undesirable sliding movement of
the link relatively to the link block, due to
swinging of the link.
webster 1913 suppl.
23. elec. the difference between the actual and synchronous
speed of an induction motor.
webster 1913 suppl.
23. marine insurance a memorandum of the particulars of a
risk for which a policy is to be executed. it usually
bears the broker's name and is initiated by the
underwrites.
webster 1913 suppl.
to give one the slip, to slip away from one; to elude one.
slip dock. see under dock.
slip link mach., a connecting link so arranged as to
allow some play of the parts, to avoid concussion.
slip rope naut., a rope by which a cable is secured
preparatory to slipping. --totten.
slip stopper naut., an arrangement for letting go the
anchor suddenly.
1913 webster
see also:
short slip long slip to give one the slip slip dock dock slip link
slip rope slip stopper
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slip \slip\, v. t.
1. to cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey
gently or secretly.
1913 webster
he tried to slip a powder into her drink.
--arbuthnot.
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2. to omit; to loose by negligence.
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and slip no advantage
that my secure you. --b. jonson.
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3. to cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or
slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
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the branches also may be slipped and planted.
--mortimer.
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4. to let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
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lucento slipped me like his greyhound. --shak.
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5. to cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a
horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
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6. to bring forth young prematurely; to slink.
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to slip a cable. naut. see under cable.
to slip off, to take off quickly; as, to slip off a coat.
to slip on, to put on in haste or loosely; as, to slip on a
gown or coat.
1913 webster
see also:
to slip a cable cable to slip off to slip on
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pew \pew\ p=u, n. oe. pewe, of. puie parapet, balustrade,
balcony, fr. l. podium an elevated place, a jutty, balcony, a
parapet or balcony in the circus, where the emperor and other
distinguished persons sat, gr. po`dion, dim. of poy`s,
podo`s, foot; -- hence the latin sense of a raised place
orig. as a rest or support for the foot. see foot, and
cf. podium, poy.
1. one of the compartments in a church which are separated by
low partitions, and have long seats upon which several
persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. pews were
originally made square, but are now usually long and
narrow.
1913 webster
2. any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall,
formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a
pen; a sheepfold. obs. --pepys. --milton.
1913 webster
pew opener, an usher in a church. eng. --dickens.
1913 webster
see also:
foot podium poy slip pew opener
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
slip
n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act syn: faux pas, gaffe,
solecism, gaucherie
2: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or
writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. syn:
slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
3: potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or
decorating ceramics
4: a part sometimes a root or leaf or bud removed from a
plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
syn: cutting
5: a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
6: a place where a craft can be made fast syn: mooring, moorage,
berth
7: an accidental misstep threatening or causing a fall; "he
blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips
and a few spills" syn: trip
8: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the
tiller" syn: slickness, slick, slipperiness
9: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material syn:
strip
10: a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip" syn: slip of
paper
11: a woman's sleeveless undergarment syn: chemise, shimmy,
shift, teddies, teddy
12: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar
carried his loot in a pillowcase" syn: case, pillowcase,
pillow slip
13: an unexpected slide syn: skid, sideslip
14: a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air syn:
sideslip
15: the act of avoiding capture especially by cunning syn: elusion,
eluding
v 1: move stealthily; "the ship slipped away in the darkness"
syn: steal
2: insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "he slipped
some money into the waiter's hand"
3: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" syn: skid,
slue, slew, slide
4: get worse; "my grades are slipping" syn: drop off, drop
away, fall away
5: move smoothly and easily
6: to make a mistake or be incorrect syn: err, mistake
7: pass on stealthily; "he slipped me the key when nobody was
looking" syn: sneak
8: pass out of one's memory syn: slip one's mind
9: move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial
hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" syn:
dislocate, luxate, splay
also: slipping, slipped
see also:
faux pas gaffe solecism gaucherie slip-up miscue
parapraxis cutting mooring moorage berth
trip slickness slick slipperiness strip
slip of paper chemise shimmy shift teddies
teddy case pillowcase pillow slip skid
sideslip elusion eluding steal slue
slew slide drop off drop away fall away
err mistake sneak slip one's mind dislocate
luxate splay slipping slipped
- [6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
668 moby thesaurus words for "slip":
mystik tape, scotch tape, accord, adhesive tape, administer,
adolescent, advance, afford, afghan, allot, allow, amplitude,
anchor, anchorage, anchorage ground, atrocity, avalanche,
avoidance, avoiding reaction, award, babe, baby, backslide,
bad job, balk, band, bandage, bantam, banty, basin, batten,
be all thumbs, bed linen, bedclothes, bedcover, bedding, bedsheet,
bedspread, belt, berth, bestow, bestow on, bevue, bine, blab,
blanket, bloomer, blooper, blue, blueprint, blunder, blunder away,
blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, blurt out, bobble, boggle,
bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, boob, botch, bough, branch,
branchedness, branchiness, breach, break away, breakout,
breakwater, broad, buck-passing, buffalo robe, bulkhead, bull,
bulletin board, bumble, bungle, burgeon, butcher, button, camber,
card, case, catalog card, cellophane tape, chick, china clay,
china stone, chit, circumvention, clay, cloth tape, clothes,
clumsy performance, coast, cold-type proof, colleen, color proof,
come down, come out with, comfort, comforter, commit a gaffe,
communicate, computer proof, confer, continue, contour sheet,
counterpane, cover, coverlet, coverlid, crash, creep, crime,
crime against humanity, cutie, cutting, dame, damoiselle, damsel,
deadly sin, deadwood, deal, deal out, decline, defense mechanism,
degenerate, delinquency, demoiselle, dereliction, deteriorate,
deviate, die, diminutive, dip, disappear, disc, disclose, dish out,
dispense, divulge, dock, dockage, dockyard, document, dodge, dole,
dole out, doll, donate, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn,
drift, drop, drop off, dry dock, duck, ebb, eiderdown, elapse,
elusion, elusiveness, embankment, endure, enormity, enter,
equivocation, erode, err, error, escape, etourderie, evasion,
evasive action, evasiveness, evil, expire, expose, extend,
exuviate, fade, fail, failure, fall, fall away, fall into error,
fall off, falloff, false move, false step, fascia, fault, faux pas,
featherweight, felony, file, filing card, fillet, filly, film,
fingerling, fireclay, fitted sheet, flagellum, fledgling, flight,
flight path, flit, float, flounder, flow, flow on, flub, fluff,
flux, fly, foiling, foot, foozle, forbearance, forestalling,
forestallment, fork, fork out, founder, foundry proof, frail,
friction tape, frond, frustration, fumble, gal, galley,
galley proof, gaucherie, genocide, get away, get in, getaway,
getting around, getting round, ghost, gift, gift with, girdle,
girl, girlie, give, give freely, give out, glaze, glide, glissade,
glissando, go amiss, go astray, go awry, go by, go down,
go downhill, go off, go on, go to pot, go under, go wrong, goof,
grant, groin, gruel, guilty act, gumbo, gumshoe, hand out, harbor,
harborage, hash, have a comedown, haven, heap, heavy sin, heifer,
help to, hit a slump, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, hook,
hopeful, hoyden, ice-skate, impart, impropriety, inadvertence,
inadvertency, index card, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, infant,
iniquity, injury, injustice, issue, jetty, jeune fille, jill, jink,
junior, junior miss, jutty, juvenal, juvenile, kaolin, lam,
landing, landing place, landing stage, landslide, landslip,
lap robe, lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, lass, lassie, last,
lath, lavish, leak, leave, let have, let out, let slip, levee,
library catalog, lightweight, ligula, ligule, limb, linen, list,
little missy, loose thread, lose, lumber, lurk, mademoiselle,
magnetic tape, maid, maiden, make a mistake, malefaction,
malfeasance, malum, mar, marina, masking tape, mere shadow, mess,
mete, mete out, microcard, microdot, microfiche, microfilm, mini,
minikin, minnow, minny, minor, minor wrong, mire, miscalculate,
miscue, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance, miss, miss the mark,
misstep, missy, mistake, mole, molt, mooring, mooring buoy,
moorings, mortal sin, motion-picture film, mouse, muck, mud,
muddle, mudhook, muff, murder, near-miss, neutrality, nonfeasance,
nonintervention, noninvolvement, nose-dive, note, nubbin, nymphet,
off day, offense, offer, offshoot, omission, ooze, outguessing,
outmaneuvering, outrage, outwitting, oversight, page proof, paper,
pass, pass by, passing the buck, patchwork quilt, peccadillo,
peccancy, peewee, permission, permit, petuntse, phonograph record,
piece, pier, pillow slip, pillowcase, plank, plastic tape,
plate proof, platter, play havoc with, plow the deep, plummet,
pony, porcelain clay, port, pour, present, press on, press proof,
prevention, proceed, proffer, progressive proof, proof,
proof sheet, protected anchorage, pubescent, pull, pussyfoot,
put in, quay, quilt, rail, rain, rake, ramage, ramification,
reach the depths, refractory clay, refraining, render, repro proof,
reveal, revise, ribband, ribbon, ride, ride the sea, road, roads,
roadstead, robe, roll on, roller-skate, romp, rug, run, run down,
run its course, run on, run out, runner, runt, sad work, sag, sail,
sapling, sarment, scape, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, scion,
scoreboard, scorecard, scoresheet, scrap, screw up, scud, seaport,
seawall, seedling, serve, set, shadow, shaving, sheet, sheeting,
shell out, shipyard, shirk, shoot, shower, shred, shrimp, shunning,
shunting off, shy, sideslip, sidestep, sidetracking, sin,
sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, sink, skate,
skateboard, skeleton, ski, skid, skim, skin effect, skin friction,
skirt, skulk, slat, sled, sleigh, slick, slidder, slide,
slide down, slime, slink, slip in, slip up, slippage, slipup,
slither, sliver, slob, slop, slosh, slough, sludge, slump, slur,
slush, small fry, snake, sneak in, snip, snippet, snow, snowslide,
snowslip, soften, soup, spear, spill, spline, splinter, spoil,
spray, spread, sprig, sprit, sprout, squash, stagger, steal,
stolon, stone proof, strake, strap, stray, streak, strip,
stripling, strop, stumble, subdeb, subdebutante, subside,
subsidence, subteen, subteener, sucker, sweep, swill, switch,
taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline, teenager, teener,
teenybopper, tender, tendril, thallus, the runaround, the slip,
throw off, thwarting, ticker tape, tit, toboggan, tomato, tomboy,
topple, tort, touch bottom, transgression, trespass,
trial impression, trip, tumble, twig, unutterable sin, vandyke,
vanish, vein, venial sin, videotape, virgin, walk the waters,
wander, wane, wart, wench, wharf, wisp, wrong, wrong step, yield,
young creature, young hopeful, young person, young thing, younger,
youngest, youngling, youngster, youth, zigzag
- [7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
slip
serial line internet protocol internet, rfc 1055, "sl/ip"
- [8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
slip
1. serial line internet protocol.
2. symmetric list processsor. early 1960's list processing
subroutine package for fortran by j. weizenbaum. later also
embedded in mad and algol. "symmetric list processor",
j. weizenbaum cacm 6:524-5441963. sammet 1969, p.387.
see also:
serial line internet protocol fortran mad algol
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