SLIPPERY SLOPE

Meaning of SLIPPERY SLOPE in English

see slippery

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

SLIPPERY SLOPE — noun Date: 1951 a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SLIPPERY SLOPE — noun : a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLIPPERY SLOPE — a dangerous and irreversible course: the slippery slope from narcotics to prison. [ 1985-90 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLIPPERY SLOPE — slick incline, slippery hill
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SLIPPERY SLOPE — Date: 1951 : a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLIPPERY SLOPE — Function: noun Date: 1951 : a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SLIPPERY SLOPE — a course of action likely to lead to something bad. → slippery
Concise Oxford English vocab
SLIPPERY SLOPE — see slippery
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SLIPPERY-SLOPE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SLIPPERY SLOPE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SLIPPERY-SLOPE — adj. Slippery-slope is used with these nouns: ↑ argument
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SLIPPERY SLOPE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ very ▪ dangerous ▪ proverbial ▪ He was on the proverbial ~ to bankruptcy. VERB + SLIPPERY …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SLIPPERY SLOPE — dangerous path, a path that leads to problems When you assume that people are bad, you are on a slippery …
English Idioms vocab
SLIPPERY SLOPE — dangerous path, a path that leads to problems When you assume that people are bad, you are on a slippery …
English Idioms vocabulary
SLIPPERY SLOPE — перен. движение, курс, какие-л. действия, ведущие к провалу, неприятностям, бедам
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLIPPERY SLOPE — Наклонная плоскость
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SLIPPERY SLOPE — перен. движение, курс, какие-л. действия, ведущие к провалу, неприятностям, бедам
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SLIPPERY SLOPE — перен. движение, курс, какие-л. действия, ведущие к провалу, неприятностям, бедам
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SLIPPERY SLOPE — перен. движение, курс, какие-л. действия, ведущие к провалу, неприятностям, бедам
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SLIPPERY SLOPE — перен. движение, курс, какие-л. действия, ведущие к провалу, неприятностям, бедам
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLIPPERY — glissid, lubric
English interlingue dictionary
SLOPE — Numerical measure of a line's inclination relative to the horizontal. In analytic geometry , the slope of any line, ray, …
Английский словарь Британика
SLOPE — I. ˈslōp adverb Etymology: Middle English archaic : in a sloping manner : aslant , obliquely II. adjective : slanting, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — ˈslip(ə)rē, -ri adjective ( sometimes -er/est ) Etymology: alteration (perhaps influenced by Low German slipperig slippery) of Middle English sliper, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
Английский словарь Webster
SLIPPERY — (a.) Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon …
Английский словарь Webster
SLIPPERY — ( a. ) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — ( a. ) Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOPE — — slopingly , adv. — slopingness , n. /slohp/ , v. , sloped, sloping , n. v.i. 1. to have …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — — slipperiness , n. /slip"euh ree, slip"ree/ , adj., slipperier, slipperiest . 1. tending or liable to cause slipping or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOPE — I. ˈslōp adjective Etymology: Middle English sloop, probably from aslope, adverb, at an angle Date: 15th century : that slants …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLIPPERY — adjective ( slip·per·i·er ; -est ) Etymology: alteration of Middle English slipper Date: circa 1500 1. a. : causing or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLOPE — adv in a sloping manner. 2. slope ·adj sloping. 3. slope ·vi to depart; to disappear suddenly. 4. slope ·vi …
Webster English vocab
SLIPPERY — adj uncertain in effect. 2. slippery ·adj liable to slip; not standing firm. 3. slippery ·adj wanton; unchaste; loose in …
Webster English vocab
SLOPE — [slope] adj [ME slope, adv., obliquely] (1502): that slants: sloping--often used in combination "slope-sided" [2]slope vb sloped ; slop.ing vi …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLOPE — / sləʊp; NAmE sloʊp/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a surface or piece of land that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — / ˈslɪpəri; NAmE / adjective 1. (also informal slippy ) difficult to hold or to stand or move on, because …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOPE — I. slope 1 W3 /sləʊp $ sloʊp/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable] a piece of ground or a surface …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLIPPERY — slip ‧ per ‧ y /ˈslɪp ə ri/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ slip , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLOPE — n. & v. --n. 1 an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLIPPERY — adj. 1 difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion. 2 (of a surface) difficult to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLOPE — n. & v. n. 1 an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — adj. 1 difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion. 2 (of a surface) difficult to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLOPE — n. & v. --n. 1. an inclined position or direction; a state in which one end or side is at …
Oxford English vocab
SLIPPERY — adj.1 difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion. 2 (of a surface) difficult to stand …
Oxford English vocab
SLOPE — ( slopes, sloping, sloped) 1. A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley. Saint-Christo is perched on …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLIPPERY — 1. Something that is slippery is smooth, wet, or oily and is therefore difficult to walk on or to hold. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLIPPERY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES slippery ▪ The sign read: ‘Beware: slippery surface.’ COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB too ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLIPPERY — [adjective] - wet, smooth or oily so that it slides easily or causes something to slideslippery soapIt had been raining …
Cambridge English vocab
SLOPE — n. Numerical measure of a line's inclination relative to the horizontal. In analytic geometry , the slope of any line, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SLIPPERY — Synonyms and related words : Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, adipose, ambidextrous, amoral, arch, artful, astute, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cagey, calculating, canny, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLIPPERY — adj. VERBS ▪ be , feel , look ▪ become , get ▪ The concrete gets ~ when it's wet. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SLOPE — n. 25B6; noun the slope of the roof : GRADIENT, incline, angle, slant, inclination, pitch, decline, ascent, declivity, acclivity, rise, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLIPPERY — adj. 25B6; adjective the roads are slippery : SLITHERY, greasy, oily, icy, glassy, smooth, slimy, wet; informal slippy. a slippery …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLIPPERY — adj. 1 slick, sleek, slimy, icy, glassy, smooth, greasy, oily, lubricated, Colloq skiddy Be careful! Those stairs can be slippery …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SLOPE — 1. сущ. 1) а) наклон, уклон б) скат, склон; откос, крутизна 2) спуск 3) горн. наклонная выработка 4) воен. положение …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLIPPERY — прил. 1) а) скользкий slippery road ≈ скользкая дорога The rocks were steep and slippery. ≈ Скалы были крутыми и …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLOPE — slope.ogg _I 1. sləʋp n 1. уклон; покатость; наклон on the slope - косо, наклонно to give a slope to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SLIPPERY — slippery.ogg ʹslıp(ə)rı a 1. 1> скользкий; гладкий slippery deck road, rope - скользкая палуба дорога, верёвка 2> увёртливый 2. щекотливый …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SLOPE — 1) наклон; уклон; угол уклона || устраивать уклон; ставить с уклоном 2) матем. угловой коэффициент, тангенс угла наклона 3) откос …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SLOPE — 1) наклон; уклон; угол уклона || устраивать уклон; ставить с уклоном 2) матем. угловой коэффициент, тангенс угла наклона 3) откос || устраивать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SLOPE — 1) бремсберг 2) иметь наклон 3) коситься 4) машиностр. коэффициент угловой 5) крутизна 6) наклон 7) опускаться или подниматься наклонно 8) откос 9) покатость 10) размах 11) скат 12) склон 13) спуск 14) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SLOPE — _I 1. sləʋp n 1. уклон; покатость; наклон on the slope - косо, наклонно to give a slope to smth. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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