v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.

v.intr.

1. To glide or slide like a reptile. See synonyms at slide.
2. To walk with a sliding or shuffling gait.
3. To slip and slide, as on a loose or uneven surface.

v.tr.

To cause to slither.

n.

A slithering movement or gait.

[Middle English slethren, variant of sliddren, from Old English slidrian, frequentative of slīdan, to slide.]

slithery slith'er·y adj.

verb

1. To lose one's balance and fall or almost fall: skid, slide, slip. Idioms: take askidslide. See move/halt.
2. To move sinuously: sinuate, snake, undulate. See move/halt.
3. To move smoothly, continuously, and effortlessly: glide, glissade, lapse, slide, slip. See move/halt.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
  Synonym: slide

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - glide, rutsche
v. tr. - få til at glide
n. - gliden, rutschen

Nederlands (Dutch)
glibberen

Français (French)
v. intr. - glisser
v. tr. - se glisser
n. - glissement

Deutsch (German)
v. - rutschen, schlittern
n. - Schlittern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γλιστρώ, σέρνομαι
n. - σύρσιμο

Italiano (Italian)
scivolare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - escorregar, resvalar, deslizar
n. - resvalo (m), deslizo (m)

Русский (Russian)
скатываться, соскальзывать, идти скользящей походкой, ползти (о пресмыкающемся)

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - deslizarse, bajar, rodar, caer, arrastrarse
v. tr. - resbalar
n. - deslizamiento

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hasa, halka, glida, vingla, slingra sig
n. - hasning, halkning, glidning, vinglande, slingrande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
不稳地滑动, 使滑动, 连走带跑的滑走, 滑行

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 不穩地滑動
v. tr. - 使滑動
n. - 連走帶跑的滑走, 滑行

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 주르르 미끄러지다, 미끄러져 가다, 미끄러지듯 나아가다
v. tr. - (주르르) 미끄러지게 하다, (머리카락을) 치다
n. - 주르르 미끄러짐, 활주, (물 따위가) 미끄러져 흐르는 소리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ずるずる滑る
n. - 滑ること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسعى كالحيه, ينزلق (الاسم) أنزلاق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮החליק, גלש‬
v. tr. - ‮החליק, גלש‬
n. - ‮החלקה, גלישה‬

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