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SIDLE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they sidle ... he / she / it sidles
Past simple: sidled
Past participle: sidled
-ing form: sidling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move sideways
Synonyms:
sashay; sidle
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "sidle" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Move unobtrusively or furtively
Example:
The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "sidle" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples:
She was obliged to walk carefully, for she had on high-heeled shoes, and, as Laurie told Jo afterward, it was a comical sight to see her mince along in her gay suit, with Polly sidling and bridling just behind her, imitating her as well as he could, and occasionally stopping to laugh or exclaim, Ain't we fine?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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