slither
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definition
verb
I spied a baby adder slithering away
move smoothly over a surface with a twisting or oscillating motion.
noun
a snakelike slither across the grass
a slithering movement.
example
Three teams will crawl and wriggle and 'slither' to stalk and triangulate on a small guarded bridge.
She had mastered the texture not only of skin but of fabrics, from the 'slither' of silks to the deep tousle of thick wool and towelling and the stiff give of fine leather gloves.
He dapples the piece with shadow, signs his name in a loose-wristed 'slither' and slides the book forward.
It's only a matter of time until they begin researching once the first whispers about Santa's non-existence 'slither' through the school.
A tightish 'slither' down at the far end of Four Ways Chamber would have bought you to the same place.
a snakelike 'slither' across the grass
The trip begins quite innocuously as a slippery 'slither' along muddy calcite - awkward, but nothing to write home about.
If you don't move fast, the snake will 'slither' away.
Viro heard a 'slither' , and a hiss, and looked above; from the rafters, a furred snake hung, its tail coiled upon a rotten wooded sign, the whitish paint flecked and gone.
A short 'slither' down enters an attractive little chamber, known as Flowstone Chamber.
a snake-like 'slither' across the grass
The crawl soon gives way to a small collapse chamber where a 'slither' through a narrow slot leads to cave of slightly more civilised proportions.
a 'slither' of bacon
Creatures that 'slither' , writhe or scuttle currently form the star attraction for visitors of all ages to the town.
What looks like oil slicks 'slither' across the surface, multiple colors twisting over each other.
Each rock was chosen and placed very precisely so that the pace of the water would change from a 'slither' to a surge at various points along the waterfall's course.
From somewhere behind me, I heard a slight plop, a 'slither' and then a sudden weight on my bed.
Be assured that I will continue my apparent never ending cycle, struggling to push my rock up the mountain only to watch it 'slither' and slide down after nearing the peak.
The road twists vertiginously around sharp drop-offs, and nighttime is when poisonous fer-de-lance snakes 'slither' across the road.
The sheen of satin, the 'slither' of the bias cut and the jewel-like colours so loved by Tamara were perfect for the Christmas fashion issue, in a season which had embraced a more conventional glamour.
To the right at the junction, is a 'slither' down to a pool of water.
It was all silent until Jake, the last person walking, heard a 'slither' .
From there, it was a slow 'slither' up the rocky path of opportunity.
The ship seems to 'slither' and move as if it's alive.
The way on from here was a 'slither' down an inconspicuous and rather grotty looking muddy hole.
Motorists in south Essex slipped and 'slithered' to work today as the first snow of winter caused chaos on the roads.
What Moon has found is that a snake 'slithers' by bending its body into a series of S-shaped curves produced by alternating waves of muscle contraction that start at the reptile's head and move back toward its tail.
Most of the inhabitants could afford to buy extra water rations and keep plants, which they proudly displayed sprawling out of the windows and 'slithering' up the pale, smooth walls of their homes.
It felt like an oily snake 'slithering' around in my head.
But Luskin's own record of 'slithery' parsification forces us to assume that these words are carefully chosen to conceal rather than elucidate.
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