slither

slither
verb
ADVERB
silently

A snake was slithering silently along the floor.

slowly
away, off

The snake slithered away.

along

Zack slithered along on his belly.

back

It slithered back down the drain.

PREPOSITION
across, along, around, down, into, onto, out of, over, through, to, towards/toward, up, etc.
PHRASES
slither its, his, etc. way along, over, etc. sth
Slither is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑snake

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