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slink
(slĭngk)v. slunk (slŭngk) also slinked, slink·ing, slinks
v.intr.
To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
v.tr.
To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
adj.
Born prematurely.
[Middle English slinken, from Old English slincan.]
slink′ing·ly adv.
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slink
(slɪŋk)vb, slinks, slinking or slunk
1. (intr) to move or act in a furtive or cringing manner from or as if from fear, guilt, etc
2. (intr) to move in a sinuous alluring manner
3. (Zoology) (tr) (of animals, esp cows) to give birth to prematurely
n
(Zoology)
a. an animal, esp a calf, born prematurely
b. (as modifier): slink veal.
[Old English slincan; related to Middle Low German slinken to shrink, Old Swedish slinka to creep, Danish slunken limp]
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slink
(slɪŋk)v. slunk, slink•ing,
n., adj. v.i.
1. to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear or shame.
2. to walk or move in a sinuous, provocative way.
v.t. 3. (esp. of cows) to bring forth (young) prematurely.
n. 4. a prematurely born calf or other animal.
adj. 5. born prematurely.
[before 1150; Middle English slynken (v.), Old English slincan to creep, crawl, c. Middle Low German slinken to subside]
slink′ing•ly, adv.
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slink
Past participle: slunk
Gerund: slinking
| Imperative |
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| slink |
| slink |
| Present |
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| I slink |
| you slink |
| he/she/it slinks |
| we slink |
| you slink |
| they slink |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I slunk |
| you slunk |
| he/she/it slunk |
| we slunk |
| you slunk |
| they slunk |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am slinking |
| you are slinking |
| he/she/it is slinking |
| we are slinking |
| you are slinking |
| they are slinking |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have slunk |
| you have slunk |
| he/she/it has slunk |
| we have slunk |
| you have slunk |
| they have slunk |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was slinking |
| you were slinking |
| he/she/it was slinking |
| we were slinking |
| you were slinking |
| they were slinking |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had slunk |
| you had slunk |
| he/she/it had slunk |
| we had slunk |
| you had slunk |
| they had slunk |
| Future |
|---|
| I will slink |
| you will slink |
| he/she/it will slink |
| we will slink |
| you will slink |
| they will slink |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have slunk |
| you will have slunk |
| he/she/it will have slunk |
| we will have slunk |
| you will have slunk |
| they will have slunk |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be slinking |
| you will be slinking |
| he/she/it will be slinking |
| we will be slinking |
| you will be slinking |
| they will be slinking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been slinking |
| you have been slinking |
| he/she/it has been slinking |
| we have been slinking |
| you have been slinking |
| they have been slinking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been slinking |
| you will have been slinking |
| he/she/it will have been slinking |
| we will have been slinking |
| you will have been slinking |
| they will have been slinking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been slinking |
| you had been slinking |
| he/she/it had been slinking |
| we had been slinking |
| you had been slinking |
| they had been slinking |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would slink |
| you would slink |
| he/she/it would slink |
| we would slink |
| you would slink |
| they would slink |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have slunk |
| you would have slunk |
| he/she/it would have slunk |
| we would have slunk |
| you would have slunk |
| they would have slunk |
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Verb 1. slink - walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
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slink
verb creep, steal, sneak, slip, ghost, prowl, skulk, pussyfoot (informal) He couldn't just slink away.
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slink
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَنْسَلُّ خِفْيَةً
plížit se
liste
læîast, laumast
įsliūkinti
lavīties
gizlice sokulmaksıvışmak tüymek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
slink
pret, ptp <slunk>vi → schleichen ; to slink away or off → sich davonschleichen; to slink along the wall → sich an der Wand entlangdrücken; to slink off with one’s tail between one’s legs (fig inf) → mit eingezogenem Schwanz abziehen (inf)
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
slink
(sliŋk) – past tense, past participle slunk (slaŋk) – verb to move as if wanting to avoid attention. He slunk into the kitchen and stole a cake. sluip يَنْسَلُّ خِفْيَةً прокрадвам (се) esgueirar-se plížit se schleichen liste γλιστρώ, πηγαίνω στα κλεφτά moverse sigilosamente hiilima پاورچين رفتن hiipiä aller furtivement לְהִתגַנֵב लुक-छुरकर आना-जाना šuljati se, posramljeno se odšuljati lopakodik menyelinap læðast, laumast (camminare furtivamente) こっそり動く 살금살금 움직이다 (į)sliūkinti lavīties dengan takut-takut sluipen luske, liste seg skradać się غلچكى تګ كول، غـلى تلل، پټ پټ تلل esgueirar-se a pleca pe furiş красться zakrádať sa tihotapiti se odšunjati se smyga, slinka เดินลับ ๆ ล่อ ๆ gizlice sokulmak; sıvışmak, tüymek 溜走(進),潛逃 іти крадькома; підкрадатися چپکے چپکے lẻn vào 溜走(进),潜逃
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