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Slink

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Verb

1. slink

walk stealthily

Example Sentences:
'I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slink

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verbWord forms: slinks, slinking or slunk
1. (intransitive)
to move or act in a furtive or cringing manner from or as if from fear, guilt, etc
2. (intransitive)
to move in a sinuous alluring manner
3. (transitive)
(of animals, esp cows) to give birth to prematurely
noun
4. 
a. 
an animal, esp a calf, born prematurely
b. 
(as modifier)
slink veal

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Slink

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verb intransitiveWord forms: slunk or ˈslinking
to move in a quiet, furtive, or sneaking manner, as from fear, guilt, etc.; sneak
verb transitiveWord forms: slinked or slunk, ˈslinking
1. 
to expel (a fetus) prematurely
said of animals
noun
2. 
an animal, esp. a calf, born prematurely
adjective
3. 
born prematurely

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Slink

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v. slunk (slŭngk) also slinked, slink·ing, slinks
v.intr.
To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
v.tr.
To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
adj.
Born prematurely.

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