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What is slink away in MOV?
If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there.
What does it mean to slink around?
To move around in a quiet, sneaky, inconspicuous, or furtive manner. There were some suspicious figures slinking around in the shadows, so we decided to go a different way home.
What is the synonym of slink?
Some common synonyms of slink are lurk, skulk, and sneak. While all these words mean “to behave so as to escape attention,” slink implies moving stealthily often merely to escape attention.
What is whiling away?
Spend time idly or pleasantly, as in It was a beautiful day and we whiled away the hours in the garden. This expression is the only surviving use of the verb while, meaning “to spend time.” [
What does slink back mean?
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.
What animal slinks away?
A cow that slinks her calf. The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A thievish fellow; a sneak.
What’s the definition of gristmill?
: a mill for grinding grain.
How do you spell wile away?
Use “while away,” that’s what. While most authorities, including the American Heritage Dictionary and Merriam-Webster’s Tenth Collegiate, accept either spelling, others favor “while away.”
What food is slink?
noun A thin or poor and bony fish, especially such a mackerel. See mackerel . Produced prematurely: as, a slink calf. Immature and unfit for human food: as, slink veal; slink meat.
What is the past tense of to slink?
past tense of slink is slunk, slinked or slank.
Is slinked a word?
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.
What happened at a gristmill?
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separated from its chaff in preparation for grinding.
How did a gristmill work?
Grain was fed through a hole in the runner stone, known as the eye, and then ground between the two stones. Each stone face was cut with a pattern of grooves called furrows. These furrows worked like scissors to cut and grind the grain into meal or flour.
Is slink a Scrabble word?
SLINK is a valid scrabble word.
Is it wile away time or while away time?
What does it mean to slink away from someone?
Also, slink off. Depart furtively, as in The shoplifter slipped an item into his coat pocket and slunk away, or After that severe scolding, she slunk off. This term employs slink in the sense of “move stealthily,” a usage dating from the late 1300s.
What is the origin of the word slink?
This term employs slink in the sense of “move stealthily,” a usage dating from the late 1300s. TAKE ROUND 2 OF OUR PSAT VOCABULARY QUIZ!
What does it mean when a cow slinks?
: to give premature birth to —used especially of a domestic animal a cow that slinks her calf. slink. noun. Definition of slink (Entry 2 of 3) : the young of an animal (such as a calf) brought forth prematurely also : the flesh or skin of such an animal.
What does slink mean on the PSAT?
This term employs slink in the sense of “move stealthily,” a usage dating from the late 1300s. TAKE ROUND 2 OF OUR PSAT VOCABULARY QUIZ! Here is our second set of teacher-selected PSAT vocabulary words.