| Main Entry: | skate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slide |
Synonyms: |
coast, flow, glide, glissade, ice skate, roller skate, sail along, skim |
| Main Entry: | coast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glide along without much effort |
Synonyms: |
cruise, drift, float, freewheel, get by, ride on current, sail, skate, slide, smooth along, taxi |
| Notes: | the difference between a coast and the shore is the coast is the seaward limit of the land and the shore is the landward limit of the sea shore is the general word for an edge of land directly bordering a body of water; coast is limited to land along a sea or ocean |
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge payment |
Synonyms: |
bilk, defraud, dishonor, evade, fail, leave town, meet under arch, neglect, put on the cuff, rat, repudiate, run out on, see in the alley, shirk, skate, skip, skip out on, stiff*, swindle, welch, welsh |
Antonyms: |
pay |
| Main Entry: | glide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly and quickly on a surface |
Synonyms: |
coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, glissade, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing |
| Main Entry: | skim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glide over quickly, lightly |
Synonyms: |
brush, carom, coast, dart, float, fly, graze, kiss, ricochet, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skip, skirr, skitter, smooth along, soar, trip |
Antonyms: |
pour |
| Main Entry: | slide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly; move down |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, coast, drift, drive, drop, fall, fall off, flow, glide, glissade, launch, move, move along, move over, propel, sag, scooch, shift, shove, skate, skid, skim, slip, slither, slump, smooth along, spill, stream, thrust, toboggan, tumble, veer |
| Main Entry: | slip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall; glide |
Synonyms: |
drop, glissade, lose balance, lose footing, lurch, move, shift, skate, skid, slick, slide, slither, smooth along, totter, trip |
| Main Entry: | slither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slide |
Synonyms: |
coast, crawl, glide, glissade, move, skate, skid, slink, slip, snake*, sneak, wriggle |
| Main Entry: | bloke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | older man |
Synonyms: |
chap, gent, skate |
| Main Entry: | glissade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glide |
Synonyms: |
coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, lapse, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot*, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing |