/slɪp/
Translation
To slide by accident and almost fall, or to move somewhere quietly.
Word origin
From Middle Low German slippen, meaning to glide or slide.
- Origin
- Middle Low German
- Root
- slippen
Grammar
Examples
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Here "slip" means to slide by accident and almost fall.
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"Slipped" is the past form of "slip".
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"Slips" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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(9)British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
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