Tom saw a snake slither across the path.
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Slither
//ˈslɪð.ɚ//
Synonyms for "slither" (137 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (68)
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Verb(1 words)
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8 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- движа се като змия verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- плъзгам се verb (to slide)
Catalan
1 entries- reptar verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
Czech
3 entries- klouzat se verb (to slide)
- plazit se verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- šoupnout se verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
Finnish
4 entries- kiemurrella verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- luikerrella verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- luikertaa verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- valua verb (to slide)
French
4 entries- glisser verb (to slide)
- glisser en ondulant verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- ramper verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- se faufiler verb (to slide)
German
2 entries- rutschen verb (to slide)
- schlittern verb (to slide)
Hungarian
3 entries- csúszik verb (to slide)
- csúszkál verb (to slide)
- siklik verb (to slide)
Ido
1 entries- reptar verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
Italian
2 entries- scivolare verb (to slide)
- strisciare verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
Portuguese
4 entries- deslizar verb (to slide)
- ondear verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- rastejar verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- serpear verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
Scots
1 entries- hirsel verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- gmizati verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
Spanish
3 entries- deslizarse verb (to slide)
- ratear verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
- reptar verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
Thai
1 entries- เลื้อย verb (to move smoothly from side to side)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Ziri felt something slither under his left leg.
Source: tatoeba (11218706)
The snake began to slither.
Source: tatoeba (11239200)
The miniature city is clean and green, modern train lines slither between high-rise buildings, and the rivers that course through the city are a clear blue instead of the brown-black of real-life canals.
Source: tatoeba (12205141)
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