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SLIP
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Irregular inflected forms: slipped , slipping
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
evasion (the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver)
Derivation:
slip (move stealthily)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Synonyms:
miscue; parapraxis; slip; slip-up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slip"):
Freudian slip (a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals)
Derivation:
slip (pass out of one's memory)
slip (to make a mistake or be incorrect)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A socially awkward or tactless act
Synonyms:
faux pas; gaffe; gaucherie; slip; solecism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
Synonyms:
sideslip; slip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)
Derivation:
slip (move smoothly and easily)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An unexpected slide
Synonyms:
sideslip; skid; slip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
coast; glide; slide (the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it)
Derivation:
slip (move out of position)
slip (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)
slip (move stealthily)
slippy (causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
Example:
the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
Synonyms:
case; pillow slip; pillowcase; slip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
bed linen (linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases))
Sense 7
Meaning:
A woman's sleeveless undergarment
Synonyms:
chemise; shift; shimmy; slip; teddy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
undergarment; unmentionable (a garment worn under other garments)
Meronyms (parts of "slip"):
shoulder strap; strap (a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A small sheet of paper
Example:
a withdrawal slip
Synonyms:
slip; slip of paper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
piece of paper; sheet; sheet of paper (paper used for writing or printing)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
Synonyms:
slip; strip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slip"):
weather strip; weather stripping; weatherstrip; weatherstripping (a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold)
tape (a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening)
tab (a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it)
stay (a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset))
screed (an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete)
ribbon; typewriter ribbon (a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter)
mullion (a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen))
lead; leading (thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing)
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)
cramp; cramp iron (a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together)
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)
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 of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))
Sense 10
Meaning:
A slippery smoothness
Example:
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Synonyms:
slick; slickness; slip; slipperiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)
Derivation:
slippy (causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide)
Sense 11
Meaning:
An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
Example:
the jolt caused many slips and a few spills
Synonyms:
slip; trip
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
misadventure; mischance; mishap (an instance of misfortune)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slip"):
fall; spill; tumble (a sudden drop from an upright position)
Sense 12
Meaning:
A place where a craft can be made fast
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
anchorage; anchorage ground (place for vessels to anchor)
Sense 13
Meaning:
A young and slender person
Example:
he's a mere slip of a lad
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
spring chicken; young person; younker; youth (a young person (especially a young man or boy))
Sense 14
Meaning:
A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Synonyms:
cutting; slip
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slip"):
quickset (cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines)
Sense 15
Meaning:
Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("slip" is a kind of...):
potter's clay; potter's earth (clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they slip ... he / she / it slips
Past simple: slipped
Past participle: slipped
-ing form: slipping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
Example:
He slipped some money into the waiter's hand
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Get worse
Example:
My grades are slipping
Synonyms:
drop away; drop off; fall away; slip
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slip"):
backslide; lapse (drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
slippage (decline from a standard level of performance or achievement)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Move out of position
Example:
the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
Synonyms:
dislocate; luxate; slip; splay
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
slippage (failing to hold or slipping out of place)
slip (an unexpected slide)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Pass out of one's memory
Synonyms:
slip; slip one's mind
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
blank out; block; draw a blank; forget (be unable to remember)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
slip (a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.)
Sense 5
Meaning:
To make a mistake or be incorrect
Synonyms:
err; mistake; slip
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slip"):
misremember (remember incorrectly)
slip up; stumble; trip up (make an error)
misjudge (judge incorrectly)
fall for (be deceived, duped, or entrapped by)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Also:
slip up (make an error)
Derivation:
slip (a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
Example:
the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slip"):
submarine (move forward or under in a sliding motion)
skid (slide without control)
side-slip (slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
slip up (make an error)
Derivation:
slip (an unexpected slide)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Move stealthily
Example:
The ship slipped away in the darkness
Synonyms:
slip; steal
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
slip away (pass by)
Derivation:
slip (the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning))
slip (an unexpected slide)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Move smoothly and easily
Example:
water slipped from the polished marble
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
break loose; escape; get away (run away from confinement)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
slip away (leave furtively and stealthily)
slip by (pass by)
Derivation:
slip (a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
Example:
he slipped the bolt into place
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
slip (move smoothly and easily)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 10
Meaning:
Move easily
Example:
slip into something comfortable
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 11
Meaning:
Pass on stealthily
Example:
He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
Synonyms:
slip; sneak
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "slip" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They slip the food to the people
They slip the people the food
Context examples:
This is how he gave me the slip the other night.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he took up a sack full of precious stones, and slipped away again under the rock into his hole.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
An earthquake happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another.
(Earthquakes, Federal Emergency Management Agency)
It was but a few feet from the ground, so I slipped out, and there was Jim waiting for me at the smithy corner.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A breakfast-room adjoined the drawing-room, I slipped in there.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
With crossed ankles and sunken head, he sat as though all his life had passed out of him, with the beads slipping slowly through his thin, yellow fingers.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her story began; and Fanny immediately slipped out of the room; for to hear herself the subject of any discussion with her uncle was more than her nerves could bear.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
It was no time for thought; she hurried on, slipped with the least possible noise through the folding doors, and without stopping to look or breathe, rushed forward to the one in question.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
He opened the outer door, and then as a dark figure slipped past him he closed and fastened it.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She continued her course along the precipitous sides of the river, when suddenly her foot slipped, and she fell into the rapid stream.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
