📖 S — The English dictionary · page 57

slime — Everyday, meaning 1: Slime is a thick, wet, slippery substance, like the trail a snail leaves.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Slime is also a stretchy toy goo that children make from glue and other things.↗ Example: The snail left a trail of slime on the path.↗ · We made slime in science class.↗ · My slime is purple and sparkly.↗ · The pond rocks were covered in green slime.↗ · Slugs use slime to help them slide.↗ · Don't leave slime on the carpet!↗ · Fish have a thin layer of slime on their skin.↗ · Great black bubbles rose up out of the moor-slime, and with these every trace of the two vanished.↗ · And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.'↗ And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.↗ (Torah GEN.11.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.↗ (Torah GEN.14.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.↗ (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917)↗

slimy — Everyday, meaning 1: Covered with slime: thick, wet, slippery stuff, like on a snail or a slug.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Of a person: too friendly in a false way to get what they want (informal).↗ Example: The slug left a slimy trail.↗ · Be careful, the rocks are slimy and slippery.↗ · Frogs feel cool and slimy.↗ · The old lettuce had gone slimy.↗ · Seaweed is slimy when it is wet.↗ · In the story, the slimy salesman lied to everyone.↗ · Fish are slimy to touch.↗ · The branches were long slimy arms, with fingers like flexible worms, moving limb after limb from the root to the top.↗

sling — Everyday, meaning 1: A sling is a loop of cord or strap for throwing a stone by swinging it round the head.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sling is a band of cloth that holds an injured arm against the body.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To sling is to throw or hang something loosely, often over the shoulder.↗ Example: Pivi and Kabo made slings and practised with them.↗ · The nurse put his arm in a sling.↗ · Boys are good with slings, said Confro.↗ · She slung the bag over her shoulder.↗ · All this people, even seven hundred chosen men, were left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.↗ (Prophets JDG.20.16, JPS 1917)↗ · For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.↗ (Prophets JER.10.18, JPS 1917)↗ · So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.↗ (Prophets 1SA.17.50, JPS 1917)↗

slinger — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who throws stones with a sling.↗

slinging — Everyday, meaning 1: Slinging is throwing stones with a sling.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Slinging is carrying something swung loosely over the shoulders.↗ Example: It was Kabo who broke my leg at the slinging game.↗ · He was slinging the deer over his shoulders.↗ · Let us play at slinging again tomorrow.↗ · And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.↗ (Writings 2CH.26.14, JPS 1917)↗ · They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.↗ (Writings 1CH.12.2, JPS 1917)↗

slink — Everyday, meaning 1: To slink is to move quietly and sneakily, trying not to be seen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To slink away is to leave quietly, looking ashamed or hiding.↗ Example: The cat slunk under the table when the dog barked.↗ · The Fox slunk away behind a tree.↗ · He slinks off to his bed above the stove.↗ · The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens.↗ (Writings PSA.104.22, JPS 1917)↗

slip — Everyday, meaning 1: To slide by accident and fall or nearly fall, especially on something wet or smooth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To move or go quietly and quickly: «She slipped out of the room».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To put something somewhere quickly: «He slipped the note into his pocket».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A noun: a small mistake: a slip of the tongue.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A noun: a small piece of paper: a permission slip.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Slip on/off: to put on or take off clothes easily.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: To slip through someone's fingers means to escape from them.↗ Example: Be careful — you might slip on the ice.↗ · I slipped on a banana skin.↗ · Walk, don't run, by the pool so you don't slip.↗ · Slip, slop, slap: slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat.↗ · Bring your signed permission slip on Monday.↗ · He slipped the letter under the door.↗ · I let the secret slip by accident.↗ · Saying «Mum» to the teacher was a slip of the tongue.↗ · Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, against the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.↗ (Torah DEU.32.35, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.↗ (Prophets 2SA.22.37, JPS 1917)↗ · My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.↗ (Writings PSA.17.5, JPS 1917)↗ · But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.↗ (Writings PSA.73.2, JPS 1917)↗

slipper — Everyday, meaning 1: A soft, comfortable shoe you wear indoors.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cinderella's glass slipper in the fairy tale.↗ Example: Put your slippers on; the floor is cold.↗ · Grandpa's slippers are by the fire.↗ · Cinderella lost her glass slipper.↗ · The dog chewed my slipper.↗ · I got fluffy slippers for my birthday.↗ · How many slippers are in 4 pairs?↗

slippery — Everyday, meaning 1: Slippery means smooth, wet or icy so that it is hard to hold or to stand on without sliding.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A slippery person cannot be trusted and is hard to catch or pin down.↗ Example: The floor is slippery after mopping.↗ · Walk carefully — the path is slippery with ice.↗ · Don't run by the pool; it's slippery.↗ · The fish was too slippery to hold.↗ · Soap makes your hands slippery.↗ · Wet leaves make the road slippery for bikes.↗ · The rocks by the river are slippery.↗ · The slippery thief escaped again.↗ · The rock was slippery as a ball, and they had to crawl rather than climb.↗ · Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.↗ (Writings PSA.35.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.↗ (Writings PSA.73.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness, they shall be thrust, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.↗ (Prophets JER.23.12, JPS 1917)↗

slipping — Everyday, meaning 1: Slipping is sliding by accident and losing your balance, often on something wet or smooth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Slipping is moving quietly or quickly, like slipping out of a room.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Slipping is putting something somewhere quickly and quietly, like slipping a note into a pocket.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Slipping can mean getting worse, like marks or grades slipping.↗ Example: He was slipping on the icy path.↗ · The rope kept slipping out of my hands.↗ · She was slipping quietly out of the room.↗ · I saw him slipping a note into her bag.↗ · Wipe up spills so nobody slips.↗ · My grades are slipping, so I need to practise more.↗ · The soap kept slipping in the bath.↗ · Time is slipping away; finish your test.↗ · Slipping his net quickly beneath it he drew it out and lifted the silk coverlet.↗

slippy — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) Slippery; smooth or wet so that you slide or fall easily.↗ Example: Careful, the floor is slippy!↗ · The path is slippy with ice.↗ · Wet leaves make the road slippy.↗ · The soap is so slippy I keep dropping it.↗ · My shoes are slippy on the gym floor.↗ · It was the slippiest day of winter.↗

slit — Everyday, meaning 1: A slit is a long, narrow cut or opening.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To slit something is to make a long, narrow cut in it.↗ Example: He slit the envelope open.↗ · Light came in through a slit in the curtain.↗ · The cat's eyes became narrow slits in the sun.↗ · Mum slit the bag of flour with scissors.↗ · The skirt has a slit at the back.↗ · The robot's eyes were two slits.↗ · If she had dared, she would have killed the sparrow then and there, but as it was she only ventured to slit its tongue.↗

slither — Everyday, meaning 1: To slither is to move along smoothly, twisting from side to side, like a snake.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To slither is to slide in an unsteady way on a slippery surface.↗ Example: The snake slithered into the grass.↗ · We slithered down the muddy bank.↗ · A slug slithered across the path.↗ · The eel slithered out of his hands.↗ · The car slithered on the icy road.↗

sliver — Everyday, meaning 1: A very thin, small piece cut or broken off something.↗ e.g. "a sliver of cake", "a sliver of glass".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A tiny amount.↗ e.g. "a sliver of hope".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In parts of the USA and Canada, a splinter in your skin.↗ Example: Can I have a tiny sliver of cake?↗ · A sliver of glass was on the floor.↗ · Only a sliver of the moon was showing.↗ · I got a sliver of wood in my finger.↗ · There was a sliver of light under the door.↗ · She cut a sliver of cheese.↗

slob — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, rude) A slob is a person who is lazy, messy and does not care about being tidy or clean.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK informal) To slob out or slob about means to relax lazily, doing nothing much.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A slob can also mean soft, wet mud, especially at the edge of a river or the sea.↗ Example: My brother is a slob; his room is full of crisp packets.↗ · Stop being a slob and make your bed.↗ · On Sunday we just slobbed out in front of the telly.↗ (UK)↗ · The cartoon slob never washed his dishes.↗ · I felt like a slob after lying in bed all morning.↗ · Don't call people slobs, it is unkind.↗ · Dad slobbed about in his pyjamas all day.↗ · "Never say't twice," says Jack, and he pitched in big stones and sods into the slob, till the ass got good ground under him.↗

sloe — Everyday, meaning 1: A sloe is a small, round, dark blue-black fruit of the blackthorn bush, very sour when raw.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The blackthorn bush itself is sometimes called a sloe.↗ Example: We found sloes in the hedge on our autumn walk.↗ · Sloes are too sour to eat straight from the bush.↗ · The blackthorn has white flowers in spring and sloes in autumn.↗ · Birds eat the sloes in winter.↗ · Grandad makes sloe jelly every October.↗ · The sloes looked like tiny dark plums.↗ · "Now look at the sloe bush."↗

slogan — Everyday, meaning 1: A short, catchy phrase used in advertising or by a group to make people remember a product or an idea: «Every little helps».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A short phrase that expresses the aims of a campaign or protest.↗ Example: Our class made a slogan for saving water: «Every drop counts!»↗ · The cereal box had a catchy slogan.↗ · The protesters chanted slogans outside the town hall.↗ · A good slogan is short and easy to remember.↗ · The team's slogan is «Never give up».↗ · Adverts use slogans to make you want things.↗

slop — Everyday, meaning 1: To slop means to spill liquid over the edge of a container, often messily.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Slop is food that is watery and unpleasant.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Slops are waste food or dirty water, sometimes fed to pigs.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In Australia and New Zealand «Slip, Slop, Slap» means slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat.↗ Example: Don't slop your soup on the table.↗ · The water slopped over the side of the bucket.↗ · Slip, Slop, Slap before you go out in the sun!↗ · The farmer fed slops to the pigs.↗ · The school lunch looked like grey slop.↗ · Carry the paint carefully so it doesn't slop.↗ · Tea slopped into the saucer.↗

slope — Everyday, meaning 1: A slope is a surface or piece of ground that goes up or down, with one end higher than the other, like a hill.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To slope means to go up or down at an angle.↗ e.g. The garden slopes down to the river.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Ski slopes are hills used for skiing.↗ Example: We rolled down the grassy slope.↗ · The car went up the steep slope slowly.↗ · The ball rolls faster down a steeper slope.↗ · We tested toy cars on slopes in science.↗ · The roof slopes so the rain runs off.↗ · We went skiing on the snowy slopes.↗ · Be careful on the muddy slope.↗ · A wheelchair ramp is a gentle slope.↗ · Then Eliza went down the slope from the shore, and hid herself behind the bushes.↗ · and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.↗ (Torah DEU.4.49, JPS 1917)↗ · And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. — (Torah NUM.21.15, JPS 1917)↗ · the Arabah also, the Jordan being the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.↗ (Torah DEU.3.17, JPS 1917)↗ · and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth; (Prophets JOS.13.20, JPS 1917)↗ · and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah; (Prophets JOS.12.3, JPS 1917)↗ · in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: (Prophets JOS.12.8, JPS 1917)↗