Slip Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface. |
| 2. | to slide suddenly or involuntarily; to lose one's foothold, as on a smooth surface: She slipped on the icy ground. |
| 3. | to move, slide, or start gradually from a place or position: His hat had slipped over his eyes. |
| 4. | to slide out of or become disengaged from a fastening, the grasp, etc.: The soap slipped from my hand. |
| 5. | to pass without having been acted upon or used; be lost; get away: to let an opportunity slip. |
| 6. | to pass from the mind, memory, or consciousness. |
| 7. | to elapse or pass quickly or imperceptibly (often fol. by away or by): The years slipped by. |
| 8. | to become involved or absorbed easily: to slip into a new way of life. |
| 9. | to move or go quietly, cautiously, or unobtrusively: to slip out of a room. |
| 10. | to put on or take off a garment easily or quickly: She slipped on the new sweater. He slipped off his shoes. |
| 11. | to make a mistake or error: As far as I know, you haven't slipped once. |
| 12. | to fall below a standard or accustomed level, or to decrease in quantity or quality; decline; deteriorate: His work slipped last year. |
| 13. | to be said or revealed inadvertently (usu
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| 14. | to read, study, consider, etc., without attention: He slipped over the most important part. |
| 15. | Aeronautics. (of an aircraft when excessively banked) to slide sideways, toward the center of the curve described in turning. Compare skid (def. 15). |
–verb (used with object) | 16. | to cause to move, pass, go, etc., with a smooth, easy, or sliding motion. |
| 17. | to put, place, pass, insert, or withdraw quickly or stealthily: to slip a letter into a person's hand. |
| 18. | to put on or take off (a garment) easily or quickly: He slipped the shirt over his head. |
| 19. | to let or make (something) slide out of a fastening, the hold, etc.: I slipped the lock, and the door creaked open. |
| 20. | to release from a leash, harness, etc., as a hound or a hawk. |
| 21. | to get away or free oneself from; escape (a pursuer, restraint, leash, etc.): The cow slipped its halter. |
| 22. | to untie or undo (a knot). |
| 23. | Nautical. to let go entirely, as an anchor cable or an anchor. |
| 24. | to pass from or escape (one's memory, attention, knowledge, etc.). |
| 25. | to dislocate; put out of joint or position: I slipped a disk in my back. |
| 26. | to shed or cast: The rattlesnake slipped its skin. |
| 27. | to ignore, pass over, or omit, as in speaking or writing. |
| 28. | to let pass unheeded; neglect or miss. |
| 29. | Boxing. to evade or avoid (a blow) by moving or turning the body quickly: He slipped a right and countered with a hard left. |
| 30. | (of animals) to bring forth (offspring) prematurely. |
| 31. | British. to detach (a railway car) from a moving train as it passes through a station. |
–noun | 32. | an act or instance of slipping. |
| 33. | a sudden losing of one's foothold, as on slippery ground. |
| 34. | a mistake in judgment; blunder. |
| 35. | a mistake or oversight, as in speaking or writing, esp. a small one due to carelessness: a minor slip in addition; a slip of the tongue. |
| 36. | an error in conduct; indiscretion. |
| 37. | something easily slipped on or off. |
| 38. | a decline or fall in quantity, quality, extent, etc., or from a
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| 39. | Clothing. | a. | a woman's undergarment, sleeveless and usually having shoulder straps, extending from above the bust down to the hemline of the outer dress. |
| b. | an underskirt, as a half-slip or petticoat. |
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| 41. | an inclined plane, sloping to the water, on which vessels are built or repaired. |
| 42. | Nautical. the difference between the speed at which a screw propeller or paddle wheel would move if it were working against a solid and the actual speed at which it advances through the water. |
| 43. | a space between two wharves or in a dock for vessels to lie in. |
| 44. | Electricity. the difference between the synchronous and the operating speeds of a motor. |
| 45. | Machinery. | a. | the difference between output speed and input or theoretical speed in certain fluid or electromagnetic devices, as couplings or motors. |
| b. | (in pumps) the difference between the actual volume of water or other liquid delivered by a pump during one complete stroke and the theoretical volume as determined by calculation of the displacement. |
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| 46. | unintended movement or play between mechanical parts or the like. |
| 47. | Cricket. | a. | the position of a fielder who stands behind and to the offside of the wicketkeeper. |
| b. | the fielder playing this position. |
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| 48. | Geology. | a. | the relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault, measured along the fault plane. |
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| 49. | Also called glide. Metallurgy. plastic deformation of one part of a metallic crystal relative to the other part due to shearing action. |
—Verb phrases| 50. | slip away, | a. | to depart quietly or unobtrusively; steal off. |
| b. | to recede; slowly vanish: All those facts I had memorized just slipped away. |
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| 51. | slip up, to make an error; fail: I slipped up and put the letter in the wrong envelope. |
—Idioms| 52. | give someone the slip, to elude a pursuer; escape: The murderer gave the police the slip. |
| 53. | let slip, to reveal unintentionally: to let slip the truth. |
| 54. | slip a cog. cog1 (def. 6). |
| 55. | slip between the cracks. crack (def. 54). |
| 56. | slip someone's mind, to be forgotten: I was supposed to phone, but it slipped my mind. |
| 57. | slip something over on, to deceive; defraud; trick. Also, slip one over on. |
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Cover Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields. |
| 2. | to place something over or upon, as for protection, concealment, or warmth. |
| 3. | to provide with a covering or top: Cover the pot with a lid. |
| 4. | to protect or conceal (the body, head, etc.) with clothes, a hat, etc; wrap. |
| 5. | to bring upon (oneself): He covered himself with glory by his exploits. |
| 6. | to hide from view; screen. |
| 7. | to spread on or over; apply to: to cover bread with honey. |
| 8. | to put all over the surface of: to cover a wall with paint. |
| 9. | to include, deal with, or provide for; address: <
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| 10. | to suffice to defray or meet (a charge, expense, etc.): Ten do
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| 11. | to offset (an outlay, loss, liability, etc.). |
| 12. | to achieve in distance traversed; pass or travel over: We covered 600 miles a day on our trip. |
| 13. | Journalism. | a. | to act as a reporter or reviewer of (an event, a field of interest, a performance, etc.); have as an assignment: She covers sports for the paper. |
| b. | to publish or broadcast a report or reports o
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| 14. | to pass or rise over and surmount or envelop: The river covered the town during the flood. |
| 15. | Insurance. to insure against risk or loss. |
| 16. | to shelter; protect; serve as a defense for. |
| 17. | Military. | a. | to be in line with by occupying a position directly before or behind. |
| b. | to protect (a soldier, force, or military position) during an expected period of ground combat by taking a position from which any hostile troops can be fired upon. |
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| 18. | to take temporary charge of or responsibility for in place of another: Please cover my phone while I'm out to lunch. |
| 19. | to extend over; comprise: The book covers 18th-century England. |
| 20. | to be assigned to or responsible for, as a territory or field of endeavor: We have two sales representatives covering the Southwest. |
| 21. | to aim at, as with a pistol. |
| 22. | to have within range, as a fortress does adjacent territory. |
| 23. | to play a card higher than (the one led or previously played in the round). |
| 24. | to deposit the equivalent of (money deposited), as in wagering. |
| 25. | to accept the conditions of (a bet, wager, etc.). |
| 26. | (in short selling) to purchase securities or commodities in order to deliver them to the broker from whom they were borrowed. |
| 27. | Baseball. to take a position close to or at (a base) so as to catch a ball thrown to the base: The shortstop covered second on the attempted steal. |
| 28. | Sports. to guard (an opponent on offense) so as to prevent him or her from s
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coring or carrying out his or her assignment: to cover a potential pass receiver. |
| 29. | (esp. of a male animal) to copulate with. |
| 30. | (of a hen) to brood or sit on (eggs or chicks). |
–verb (used without object) | 31. | Informal. to serve as a substitute for someone who is absent: We cover for the receptionist during lunch hour. |
| 32. | to hide the wrongful or embarrassing action of another by providing an alibi or acting in the other's place: They covered for him when he missed roll call. |
| 33. | to play a card higher than the one led or previously played in the round: She led the eight and I covered with the jack. |
| 34. | to spread over an area or surface, esp. for the purpose of obscuring an existing covering or of achieving a desired thickness and evenness: This paint is much too thin to cover. |
–noun | 35. | something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book. |
| 36. | a blanket, quilt, or the like: Put another cover on the bed. |
| 37. | protection; shelter; concealment. |
| 38. | anything that veils, screens, or shuts from sight: under cover of darkness. |
| 39. | woods, underbrush, etc., serving to shelter and conceal wild animals or game; a covert. |
| 40. | Ecology. vegetation that serves to protect or conceal animals, such as birds, from excessive sunlight, from drying, or from predators. |
| 41. | a set of eating utensils and the like, as plate, knife, fork, and napki
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| 42. | an assumed identity, occupation, or business that masks the true or real one: His job at the embassy was a cover for his work as a spy. |
| 43. | a covering of snow, esp. when suitable for skiing. |
| 45. | a person who substitutes for another or stands ready to substitute if needed: She was hired as a cover for six roles at the opera house. |
| 47. | Philately. | a. | an envelope or outer wrapping for mail. |
| b. | a letter folded so that the address may be placed on the outside and the missive mailed. |
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| 48. | Finance. funds to cover liability or secure against risk of loss. |
| 50. | Also called covering. Mathematics. a collection of sets having the property that a given set is contained in the union of the sets in the collection. |
—Verb phrase| 51. | cover up, | a. | to cover completely; enfold. |
| b. | to keep secret; conceal: She tried to cover up her part in the plot. |
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—Idioms| 52. | blow one's cover, to divulge one's secret identity, esp. inadvertently: The TV news story blew his carefully fabricated cover. |
| 53. | break cover, to emerge, esp. suddenly, from a place of concealment: The fox broke cover and the chase was on. |
| 54. | cover one's ass, Slang: Vulgar. to take measures that will prevent one from suffering blame, loss, harm, etc. |
| 55. | take cover, to seek shelter or safety: The hikers took cover in a deserted cabin to escape the sudden storm. |
| 56. | under cover, | a. | clandestinely; secretly: Arrangements for the escape were made under cover. |
| b. | within an envelope: The report will be mailed to you under separate cover. |
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