cowslip | (noun) early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers | Synonyms: paigle, Primula veris |
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(noun) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups | Synonyms: Caltha palustris, kingcup, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
gymslip | (noun) a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform | - |
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landslip | (noun) a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | Synonyms: landslide |
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nonslip | (adjective) designed to reduce or prevent slipping | - |
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payslip | (noun) a slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken out | - |
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sideslip | (noun) an unexpected slide | Synonyms: skid, slip |
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(noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air | Synonyms: slip |
slip | (noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air | Synonyms: sideslip |
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(noun) a socially awkward or tactless act | Synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, solecism |
(noun) the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | Synonyms: eluding, elusion |
(noun) an unexpected slide | Synonyms: sideslip, skid |
(noun) a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | Synonyms: miscue, parapraxis, slip-up |
(noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: chemise, shift, shimmy, teddy |
(noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: case, pillow slip, pillowcase |
(noun) artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material | Synonyms: strip |
(noun) a small sheet of paper | Synonyms: slip of paper |
(noun) a slippery smoothness | Synonyms: slick, slickness, slipperiness |
(noun) an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | Synonyms: trip |
(noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, moorage, mooring |
(noun) a young and slender person | - |
(noun) a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | Synonyms: cutting |
(noun) potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics | - |
(verb) fall to a lower standard | Synonyms: drop away, drop off, fall away |
(verb) move out of position | Synonyms: dislocate, luxate, splay |
(verb) insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly | - |
(verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect | Synonyms: err, mistake |
(verb) pass out of one's memory | Synonyms: slip one's mind |
(verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: skid, slew, slide, slue |
(verb) move stealthily | Synonyms: steal |
(verb) move easily | - |
(verb) move smoothly and easily | - |
(verb) cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion | - |
(verb) pass on stealthily | Synonyms: sneak |