| Sounds | slih'p | |
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| Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp... | |
| Meaning | A socially awkward or tactless act. | |
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| Synonyms | faux pas, gaffe, solecism, gaucherie | |
| Broader | blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo | An embarrassing mistake |
| Spanish | metedura de pata, metida de pata, pifia, solecismo | |
| Catalan | disbarat, ensopegada, relliscada, solecisme, solecismo | |
| Meaning | A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech / speech / speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.. | |
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| Synonyms | slip-up, miscue, parapraxis | |
| Narrower | Freudian slip | A slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts / conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Spanish | desahogo, error, lapsus, resbalón | |
| Catalan | error, espifiada, lapsus | |
| Verbs | slip | to make a mistake or be incorrect |
| slip | pass out of one's memory | |
| Meaning | potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating / coating or decorating ceramics. | |
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| Broader | potter's clay, potter's earth | clay that does not contain any iron |
| Meaning | A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting. | |
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| Synonym | cutting | |
| Narrower | quickset | cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines |
| Broader | stalk, stem | A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ |
| Spanish | esqueje | |
| Catalan | esqueix | |
| Meaning | A young and slender person. | |
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| Example | "he's a mere slip of a lad" | |
| Broader | young person, youth, younker, spring chicken | A young person (especially a young man or boy) |
| Spanish | criatura | |
| Catalan | criatura | |
| Meaning | A place where a craft can be made fast. | |
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| Synonyms | mooring, moorage, berth | |
| Broader | anchorage, anchorage ground | place for vessels to anchor |
| Spanish | amarradero, amarre, atraque | |
| Meaning | An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall. | |
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| Synonym | trip | |
| Narrower | spill, tumble, fall | A sudden drop from an upright position |
| Broader | mishap, misadventure, mischance | An instance of misfortune |
| Spanish | traspié, tropezón, tropiezo | |
| Catalan | ensopegada, patinada, relliscada | |
| Meaning | A slippery smoothness. | |
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| Synonyms | slickness, slick, slipperiness | |
| Broader | smoothness | A texture without roughness |
| Spanish | lustre, suavidad, viscosidad | |
| Adjectives | slippy | causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide |
| Meaning | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. | |
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| Synonym | strip | |
| Narrower | band | A thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) |
| band, ring | A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) | |
| band | A thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration | |
| cramp, cramp iron | A strip of metal with ends bent at right angles | |
| lead, leading | Thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing | |
| mullion | A nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen) | |
| reef | One of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind | |
| ribbon, typewriter ribbon | A long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter | |
| screed | An accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete | |
| stay | A thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) | |
| tab | A short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it | |
| tape | A long thin piece ... / piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening | |
| weather strip, weatherstrip, weather stripping, weatherstripping | A narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | |
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
| Spanish | banda, tira | |
| Catalan | banda, tira | |
| Meaning | A small sheet of paper. | |
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| Example | "a receipt slip" | |
| Synonym | slip of paper | |
| Broader | sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper | Paper used for writing or printing |
| Spanish | papelito | |
| Catalan | paperet | |
| Meaning | A woman's sleeveless undergarment. | |
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| Synonyms | chemise, shimmy, shift, teddy | |
| Parts | strap, shoulder strap | A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag |
| Broader | undergarment, unmentionable | A garment worn under other garments |
| Meaning | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow. | |
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| Synonyms | case, pillowcase, pillow slip | |
| Broader | bed linen | linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases) |
| Spanish | funda de almohada | |
| Catalan | coixinera | |
| Meaning | An unexpected slide. | |
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| Synonyms | skid, sideslip | |
| Broader | slide, glide, coast | The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it |
| Spanish | derrapada, derrape, deslizamiento lateral, patinazo, resbalón | |
| Catalan | patinada, relliscada | |
| Adjectives | slippy | causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide |
| Verbs | slip | move out of position |
| slip | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | |
| slip | move stealthily | |
| Meaning | A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways / sideways in the air. | |
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| Synonym | sideslip | |
| Broader | flight maneuver, airplane maneuver | A maneuver executed by an aircraft |
| Spanish | deslizamiento lateral, deslizamiento | |
| Verbs | slip | move smoothly and easily |
| Meaning | The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning). | |
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| Synonyms | elusion, eluding | |
| Broader | evasion | The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver |
| Spanish | elusión | |
| Catalan | elusió | |
| Verbs | slip | move stealthily |
| Meaning | Move stealthily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The ship slipped away in the darkness" | |
| Synonym | steal | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| See also | slip away | pass by |
| Spanish | deslizarse, deslizar, escabullirse | |
| Catalan | dislocar, esmunyir, fer lliscar | |
| Nouns | slip | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
| slip | an unexpected slide | |
| Meaning | insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" | |
| Broader | insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce | introduce |
| Spanish | colar, deslizar | |
| Catalan | colar, passar | |
| Meaning | Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | skid, slue, slew, slide | |
| Narrower | side-slip | slide sideways / sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis |
| skid | slide without control | |
| submarine | Move forward or under in a sliding motion | |
| Broader | glide | Move smoothly and effortlessly |
| See also | slip up | make an error |
| Spanish | deslizar, patinar, resbalar | |
| Catalan | relliscar | |
| Nouns | slip | an unexpected slide |
| Meaning | get worse. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "My grades are slipping" | |
| Synonyms | drop off, drop away, fall away | |
| Narrower | lapse, backslide | Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards |
| Broader | worsen, decline | Grow worse |
| See also | fall | Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind |
| Spanish | agravarse, bajar, declinar, deteriorar, empeorar | |
| Catalan | baixar, declinar, empitjorar | |
| Nouns | slippage | decline from a standard level of performance or achievement |
| Meaning | Move smoothly and easily. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Examples |
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| Caused by | slip | Cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion |
| Broader | escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement |
| See also | slip away | leave furtively and stealthily |
| slip by | pass by | |
| Spanish | deslizarse | |
| Catalan | esmunyir, fer lliscar | |
| Nouns | slip | a flight maneuver |
| Meaning | To make a mistake or be incorrect. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | err, mistake | |
| Narrower | fall for | Be deceived / deceived, duped, or entrapped by |
| misjudge | judge / judge incorrectly | |
| misremember | Remember incorrectly | |
| stumble, slip up, trip up | make an error | |
| See also | slip up | make an error |
| Spanish | confundirse, entender mal, equivocarse, equivocar, errar, fallir, resbalar | |
| Catalan | confondre's, equivocar-se, errar | |
| Nouns | slip | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech / speech / speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
| Meaning | Pass on stealthily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Model | They slip the food to the people; They slip the people the food | |
| Example | "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" | |
| Synonym | sneak | |
| Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give | place into the hands or custody of |
| Spanish | delizar | |
| Meaning | Move easily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "slip into something comfortable" | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Meaning | Cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "he slipped the bolt into place" | |
| Cause to | slip | Move smoothly and easily |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Meaning | Pass out of one's memory. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | slip one's mind | |
| Broader | forget, block, blank out, draw a blank | Be unable to remember |
| Nouns | slip | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech / speech / speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
| Meaning | Move out of position. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | dislocate, luxate, splay | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | dislocar, luxar | |
| Catalan | dislocar | |
| Nouns | slip | an unexpected slide |
| slippage | failing to hold or slipping out of place | |
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