To come down, to drop or descend.
To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
To come as if by dropping down.
To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
To become.
To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
To be brought to the ground.
To die, especially in battle or by disease.
To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
The action of a batsman being out.
The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard
A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
The chasing of a hunted whale.
A loss of greatness or status.
That which falls or cascades.
The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.
To move down; to slide.
To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
To err.
To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
A fish, the sole.
A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
A slipway.
A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
A twig or shoot; a cutting.
A particular quantity of yarn.
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
A slipdress.
An act or instance of slipping.
The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
A mistake or error.
A long, thin piece of something.
A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
An outside covering or case.
A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
A berth; a space for a ship to moor.