| Main Entry: | slither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slide |
Synonyms: |
coast, crawl, glide, glissade, move, skate, skid, slink, slip, snake*, sneak, wriggle |
| Main Entry: | crawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
Synonyms: |
clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
Synonyms: |
approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | crook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle |
Synonyms: |
bow, curve, flex, fork, hook, meander, notch, round, slither, snake, wind, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| 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: | 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: | slink/slither |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | creep by |
Synonyms: |
coast, cower, glide, glissade, go stealthily, gumshoe, lurk, meander, pass quietly, prowl, pussyfoot, shirk, sidle, skitter, skulk, slick, slide, slip, snake, sneak, steal, undulate |
| 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: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
Synonyms: |
ambush, case, cheat, cower, crawl, creep, deceive, delude, evade, glide, gumshoe, hide, lurk, mooch, move secretly, ooze, pad, pass, prowl, pussyfoot, secrete, shirk, sidle, skulk, slide, slink, slip, slither, sly, smuggle, snake, snook, spirit, steal, worm |
| Main Entry: | wind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, turn |
Synonyms: |
coil, convolute, corkscrew, cover, crook, curl, curve, deviate, distort, encircle, enclose, entwine, envelop, fold, furl, loop, meander, ramble, reel, roll, screw, slither, snake, spiral, swerve, twine, twist, weave, wrap, wreathe, wriggle, zigzag |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
Antonyms: |
straighten |