one step at a time
hotfoot
agile
spry
nimble
quick
one-handed
with one hand tied behind one's back
ooze through
off like a bride's nightie
step by step
slip
in a walk
bit by bit
glide
gradually
comfortably
mope around
mope
in a jiffy
unhasting
career
downtempo
larghissimo
pell-mell
glegly
readily
unhurriedly
deliberate
whisk
careen
steply
plodding
breeze
adagio
chug
like molasses
tardily
eathlins
hard
hardly
skate
largo
lope
slower
pressed for time
rake
flit
lightsome
light
with a quickness
tripping
steal
creep
flitter
unslowed
onrush
lazy
unhurryingly
hare
smartish
spin
at a canter
dreely
undelayingly
lurch
gently
cleanly
flawlessly
inch
day by day
unfaltering
hands down
unrushed
speedy
slow
drag
graceful
wear
apace
like sixty
romp
unhesitantly
snappy
untarried
incontinent
toot suite
painstakingly
scurry
drumhead
edge
unbroken
scramble
scamper
agile
spry
nimble
quick
off like a bride's nightie
unhasting
larghissimo
pell-mell
deliberate
steply
plodding
pressed for time
lightsome
light
tripping
unslowed
lazy
unfaltering
unrushed
speedy
graceful
snappy
untarried
incontinent
drumhead
unbroken
one step at a time
hotfoot
one-handed
with one hand tied behind one's back
step by step
in a walk
bit by bit
gradually
comfortably
downtempo
glegly
readily
unhurriedly
adagio
tardily
eathlins
hard
hardly
largo
slower
with a quickness
unhurryingly
smartish
dreely
undelayingly
gently
cleanly
flawlessly
day by day
hands down
slow
apace
like sixty
unhesitantly
toot suite
painstakingly
scurry
scramble
scamper
ooze through
slip
glide
mope around
mope
career
whisk
careen
breeze
chug
skate
lope
rake
flit
steal
creep
flitter
onrush
hare
spin
lurch
inch
drag
wear
romp
edge
verb
- move smoothly and easily
- move stealthily
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- fall to a lower standard
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- pass out of one's memory
- move out of position
noun
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- a young and slender person
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- a slippery smoothness
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a small sheet of paper
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- an unexpected slide
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
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adj
adv
verb
- To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
- To tilt on one side.
- To tilt or lean while in motion.
- To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.
- To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
- To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
noun
verb
- To move or travel at a steady, although not especially fast, pace.
- To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.
- To solicit charitable donations on the street, particularly in a persistent manner.
- To make dull explosive sounds.
- To move or travel whilst making such sounds.
noun
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adv
adv
- slowly and with difficulty
- with effort or force or vigor
- with firmness
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- indulging excessively
- into a solid condition
- very near or close in space or time
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- to the full extent possible; all the way
adj
- very strong or vigorous
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- dried out
adj
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- resisting weight or pressure
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
verb
- To move smoothly and easily.
- To use the skating technique.
- To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
- To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
- To skateboard.
adj
noun
- The act of roller skating or ice skating
- A worn-out horse.
- A mean or contemptible person.
- A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
- A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body.
- The act of skateboarding
adv
verb
- To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
- Followed by up: to bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
- Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.
- To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.
- To search through (thoroughly).
- To cover (something) by or as if by raking things over it.
- To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
- To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
- To provide (the bow or stern of a watercraft) with a rake (“a slant that causes it to extend beyond the keel”).
- Of a watercraft: to have a rake at its bow or stern.
- To fire upon an enemy vessel from a position in line with its bow or stern, causing one's fire to travel through the length of the enemy vessel for maximum damage.
- Often followed by in: to gather (things which are apart) together, especially quickly.
- To claw at; to scrape, to scratch; followed by away: to erase, to obliterate.
- Often followed by an adverb or preposition such as away, off, out, etc.: to drag or pull in a certain direction.
noun
- A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
- In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
- A lot, plenty.
- A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
- A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table.
- A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
- A slant that causes the bow or stern of a watercraft to extend beyond the keel; also, the upper part of the bow or stern that extends beyond the keel.
- A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
- A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.
- A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.
- A share of profits, takings, etc., especially if obtained illegally; specifically (gambling) the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game.
- The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
- The act of raking.
- In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.
- A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
- Rate of progress; pace, speed.
- A slant of some other part of a watercraft (such as a funnel or mast) away from the perpendicular, usually towards the stern.
verb
- To move about rapidly and nimbly.
- To move quickly from one location to another.
- To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
- To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
- To move a tethered animal to a new, grazing location.
- To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
noun
adj
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- very thin and insubstantial
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- having little importance
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- silly or trivial
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- having relatively few calories
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
verb
- introduce light into
- begin to smoke
- to come to rest, settle
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- alight from (a horse)
- start or maintain a fire in
adv
noun
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- an illuminated area
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- having abundant light or illumination
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- public awareness
- a visual warning signal
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
adj
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- characterized by or emitting light
- of little intensity or power or force
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
verb
- To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
noun
- The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
- A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
adj
verb
- To move swiftly.
- To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- To search rapidly.
- To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
- To move sideways when bouncing.
- To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
- To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
- To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
- To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
- To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
- To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
- To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
- To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
- To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
- To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
noun
- The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
- Special interest of an autistic person.
- Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
- Rapid circular motion.
- A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
- A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
- A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
- A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
- A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
- A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
- An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
- A single play of a record by a radio station.
prep_phrase
verb
- To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
- to humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner
adj
noun
- A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- A small island; an islet.
- A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.
- Any very short distance.
- A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.
- An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb.
- Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
adj
adv
noun
verb
- To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
- To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
- To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
adj
- Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
- Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
- Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
- Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
- Not busy; lacking activity.
- Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
- Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
verb
- move slowly and as if with great effort
- pull, as against a resistance
- draw slowly or heavily
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- to lag or linger behind
- suck in or take (air)
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- walk without lifting the feet
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- proceed for an extended period of time
noun
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
- something that slows or delays progress
- something tedious and boring
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
verb
- To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
- (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
- To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
- To defend; protect.
- To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
- To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
noun
verb
- To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
- To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- To win by a small margin.
noun
- A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
- Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
- The boundary line of a surface.
- An advantage.
- The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
- The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
- A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
- The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
- A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
- A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
- A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
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