slip
/ˈslɪp/ nom C2En français : glissade
- An act or instance of slipping. · I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- A mistake or error. · a slip of the tongue
- A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- A slipway.
- A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
Pluriel slips
Verbes à particule et expressions
- slip away To leave without being noticed.
- slip back To return to a previous habit
- slip by To pass without being noticed or intercepted.
- slip down To be easily imbibed; to be easy to drink.
- slip in To include (e.g. a certain word or phrase) into a sentenc...
- slip into To put on some clothes rapidly.
- slip off To leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed
- slip out To leave quietly and unnoticed.
- slip through To get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.
- slip up To err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly...
Dans la bibliothèque
To slip his golden fingers through.
Generations of monkeys had been scared into good behavior by the stories their elders told them of Kaa, the night thief, who could slip along the branches as quietly as moss grows, and steal away the strongest monkey that ever lived; of old Kaa, who could make himself look so like a dead branch or a rotten stump that the wisest were deceived, till the branch caught them.
The stones slip under my feet!
“I took a slip of the little white Scotch rosebush his mother brought out from Scotland long ago; Matthew always liked those roses the best--they were so small and sweet on their thorny stems.
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