slip
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a socially awkward or tactless act
Types & categories
- blunder hypernym
Sense 2 verb
move stealthily
The ship slipped away in the darkness
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
Types & categories
- mistake hypernym
- Freudian slip hyponym
Related & opposite
- slip one's mind derivation
- err derivation
- slip up derivation
Sense 4 verb
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
He slipped some money into the waiter's hand
Types & categories
- put in hypernym
Sense 5 noun
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
Types & categories
- potter's clay hypernym
Sense 6 verb
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
the wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Types & categories
Sense 8 verb
get worse
My grades are slipping
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
a young and slender person
he's a mere slip of a lad
Types & categories
- spring chicken hypernym
Sense 10 verb
move smoothly and easily
the bolt slipped into place
Types & categories
- escape hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 11 noun
a place where a craft can be made fast
Types & categories
- anchorage ground hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 12 verb
to make a mistake or be incorrect
Types & categories
- misremember hyponym
- slip up hyponym
- misjudge hyponym
- fall for hyponym
Related & opposite
- slip up also see
- mistake derivation
- slip-up derivation
- erroneousness derivation
- errancy derivation
- misapprehension derivation
- mistake derivation
Sense 13 noun
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
he blamed his slip on the ice
Types & categories
- misadventure hypernym
- fall hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 14 verb
pass on stealthily
He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
Types & categories
- hand hypernym
Sense 15 noun
a slippery smoothness
he could feel the slickness of the tiller
Types & categories
- smoothness hypernym
Related & opposite
- slick down derivation
- slick derivation
- satiny derivation
- slippery derivation
- slick derivation
Sense 16 verb
move easily
slip into something comfortable
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 17 noun
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
Types & categories
- artifact hypernym
- band hyponym
- ring hyponym
- band hyponym
- cramp iron hyponym
- reef hyponym
- leading hyponym
- mullion hyponym
- typewriter ribbon hyponym
- screed hyponym
- stay hyponym
- tab hyponym
- tape hyponym
- weather strip hyponym
Sense 18 verb
cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
he slipped the bolt into place
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- slip causes
Sense 19 noun
a small sheet of paper
a receipt slip
Types & categories
- piece of paper hypernym
Sense 20 verb
pass out of one's memory
Types & categories
- blank out hypernym
Related & opposite
- slip-up derivation
Sense 21 noun
a woman's sleeveless undergarment
Types & categories
- undergarment hypernym
Parts & wholes
- shoulder strap part meronym
Sense 22 verb
move out of position
dislocate joints
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- slippage derivation
- sideslip derivation
- dislocation derivation
- luxation derivation
- dislocation derivation
Sense 23 noun
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
Types & categories
- bed linen hypernym
Sense 24 noun
an unexpected slide
Types & categories
- glide hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 25 noun
a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
Types & categories
- flight maneuver hypernym
Related & opposite
- slip derivation
Sense 26 noun
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Types & categories
- evasion hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blunder |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | go by |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | slip away |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elusion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sideslip |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stealth |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slip one's mind |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | err |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | slip up |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mistake |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Freudian slip |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | put in |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | potter's clay |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | slip up |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | slider |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | glide |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sideslip |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | playground slide |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | slide |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | glide |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | submarine |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | skid |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | side-slip |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | stalk |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | quickset |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | slippage |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | drop-off |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | backslide |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | spring chicken |
| 10 | also see | Related & opposite | go by |
| 10 | also see | Related & opposite | slip away |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | sideslip |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | escape |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | moor |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | moor |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | berth |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | anchorage ground |
| 12 | also see | Related & opposite | slip up |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | mistake |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | slip-up |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | erroneousness |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | errancy |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | misapprehension |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | mistake |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | misremember |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | slip up |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | misjudge |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall for |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | trip |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | trip |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | misadventure |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick down |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | satiny |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | slippery |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | slick |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | smoothness |
| 16 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 17 | hypernym | Types & categories | artifact |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | band |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | ring |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | band |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | cramp iron |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | reef |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | leading |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | mullion |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | typewriter ribbon |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | screed |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | stay |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | tab |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | tape |
| 17 | hyponym | Types & categories | weather strip |
| 18 | causes | Related & opposite | slip |
| 18 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 19 | hypernym | Types & categories | piece of paper |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | slip-up |
| 20 | hypernym | Types & categories | blank out |
| 21 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | shoulder strap |
| 21 | hypernym | Types & categories | undergarment |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | slippage |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | sideslip |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | dislocation |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | luxation |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | dislocation |
| 22 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 23 | hypernym | Types & categories | bed linen |
| 24 | derivation | Related & opposite | dislocate |
| 24 | derivation | Related & opposite | slide |
| 24 | derivation | Related & opposite | skid |
| 24 | derivation | Related & opposite | slip |
| 24 | derivation | Related & opposite | slippery |
| 24 | hypernym | Types & categories | glide |
| 25 | derivation | Related & opposite | slip |
| 25 | hypernym | Types & categories | flight maneuver |
| 26 | derivation | Related & opposite | slip |
| 26 | derivation | Related & opposite | elude |
| 26 | hypernym | Types & categories | evasion |