Read full poem →The damned ship lurched and slithered. Quiet and quick
My cold gorge rose; the long sea rolled; I knew
Dictionary Entry
To move about smoothly and from side to side.
In a Sentence
“The garden snake slithered silently over the warm stones.”
Origin
From Middle English slitheren, from Old English slitheran meaning ‘to glide’.
Common Phrases
down slitheredover slitheredaway slitheredacross slitheredslithered snake
Poetry examples for “slithered”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.