Sleight of hand. Legerdemain, hocus-pocus, jugglery, prestidigitation.
Slender, a.
- 1. Slim, thin, narrow, slight.
- 2. Weak, feeble, slight, fragile, flimsy, fine
- 3. Small, inconsiderable, moderate, trivial.
- 4. Meagre, scanty, inadequate, small, insufficient, pitiful, lean.
- 5. Spare, sparing, abstemious, light, meagre, simple.
Sleuth-hound, n. Blood-hound, slot-hound, slow-hound.
Sley, n. [Written also Slay.] Weaver’s reed.
Slice, v. a.
- 1. Cut (into thin pieces).
- 2. Cut, divide, part.
- 3. Cut off, sever.
Slice, n. Collop, chop, thin piece.
Slide, v. n. Glide, slip, move smoothly.
Slide, n. Glide, slip.
Sliding, a. Slippery, uncertain, gliding.
Sliding, n. Lapse, falling, backsliding, transgression, fault.
Slight, a.
- 1. Small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant.
- 2. Weak, feeble, gentle.
- 3. Cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scanty, careless, negligent.
- 4. Perishable, flimsy.