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Meanings of slither in English

Portuguese
escorregar
Catalan
lliscar
Spanish
resbalarse

To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.

Related terms
escorregar
Usage of slither in English
1
Things could come through from the other side and slither into Erilea.
Throne of Glass
2
The snakeman recovered enough to slither his way vertical again, looking around.
Death masks
3
Why hadn't I dropped that basket and let the snake slither away?
Lily of the Nile
4
Everyone was forced to go without shoes and slither around in socks.
Witch Week
5
Together we loosened the sack holding him, and let him slither out.
Helen of troy
6
I managed to slither from his grasp and get to my feet.
Hard eight
7
Then one would run up the other with a sharp, grating slither.
Rupert of Hentzau: From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim / Se...
8
It would slither in through the crevices and cracks, and by morning-
The blackstone chronicles
9
I was about to slither away, but he spoke before I could.
The Girls
10
Jessica heard movement ahead, a slither-orsomething larger-fleeingbefore the white light.
Blue noon
11
Maddie watched the snake slither around and do what ever snakes did.
A taste of magic
12
Sometimes they slither up the steps and bite you in your sleep.
A Dance with Dragons
13
He did not slither from failure after a defeat few saw coming.
The Guardian
14
Had she drawn the black cat slither or the darkling she'd seen?
Blue noon
15
She felt his body jerk as a slither hit him from behind.
Touching darkness
16
He tipped his hand and let it slither onto the bed between them.
Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
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Translations for slither
Slither through the time
Slither across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common