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Definitions: Sidle |
SidleVerb1. Move unobtrusively or furtively; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log". 2. Move sideways. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sidle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Note: Sidle \Si"dle\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Sidled; present participle verb or noun Sidling.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: SidleSynonym: sashay (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deviation | Stray, straggle; sidle; diverge; tralineate; digress, wander; wind, twist, meander; veer, tack; divagate; sidetrack; turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from; wheel, steer clear of; ramble, rove, drift; go astray, go adrift; yaw, dodge; step aside, ease off, make way for, shy. |
Laterality | Verb: be on one side; adVerb: flank, outflank; sidle; skirt; orientate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sidle |
| English words defined with "sidle": sidle up, Sidled, Sidling. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And good morning to you too, Miss Sidle. (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Sidle" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Sidle" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 80% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 15% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "sidle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sidle | Last name | 400 | 22,631 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "sidle": sidle along ♦ sidle away ♦ sidle up ♦ sidle up to ♦ sidle up to smb.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sara sidle | 8 |
sidle | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sidle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | eci anash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مشية جانبية, مشى خفية, مشى جانبا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вървя с рамото напред, промъквам се боязливо, промъквам се предпазливо. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | blížit se bokem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یک وری (Lopsided), یک ورکردن , یک ورراه رفتن , اریب (Diagonal, Oblique, Slant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | marcher de côté, marche de côté, avancer de biais. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schleichen (crawl, creep, prowl, skulk, slink, slunk, sneak, steal, tiptoe, to skulk, to sneak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινούμαι πλαγίωσ, κινούμαι δειλώσ, προχωρώ λοξά, πλάγια κίνηση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"תק"ם בחשאי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | oldalaz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | muoversi furtivamente (skulk, steal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 躙り寄る (to sidle up to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にじりよる (to sidle up to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | snaue (bathing, course, crawl, crawling, creep, creep as child, creeping, float, floating, flotation, glide, gliding, in suspension, scuttle; track of snail; swimming, scuttle; track; swimming, slither, slithering, swim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | idlesay caminhar de lado, andar timidamente, andar de lado, andar de esguelha. (various references) ходить бочком. (various references) ulagivati, ići postrance. (various references) movimiento lateral (lateral movement), movimiento furtivo, avanzar furtivamente. (various references) smyga sig (mooch, skulk, sneak, steal), röra sig sidledes. (various references) sokulmak (come close, come up, creep, draw near, edge, edge in, encroach, infiltrate, nestle, nuzzle, penetrate, put oneself forward, sidle up to, snuggle, worm one's way, wriggle oneself into), yan yana gitmek, yan yan gitmek (edge, edge away, edge off, sidle along). (various references) спрямовувати непомітно, рухатися боком, просуватися бочком. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sidle": sidled, sidler, sidlers, sidles. (additional references) | |
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"Sidle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disle, kidle, sadel, sadl, sadle, sadlee, salde, Sandle, sdel, Sedlak, seedle, Seedley, Seidl, Seidle, Seidler, Selde, Shrdlu, Siale, sible, sidalcea, siddle, Sidef, Sidek, sidel, sidew, sidhe, Sidlaw, sidler, Sidlow, sidue, Siedle, sild, sildo, Sile, silex, sille, sitel, sitle, snidle, spiddle, suddle, sudle, syble, sycle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sidle" (pronounced sī"dul) |
| 5 | s ī" d u l | homicidal, Seidel, suicidal. |
| 4 | -ī" d u l | bridal, bridle, idle, idol, idyll, intertidal, tidal. |
| 3 | -d u l | addle, alkaloidal, antipodal, astraddle, backpedal, beadle, Bedell, befuddle, bindle, Boodle, Brindle, bundle, caboodle, candle, caudal, caudle, Coddle, colloidal, cradle, cuddle, dawdle, Doodle, dwindle, feudal, fiddle, fondle, genocidal, girdle, handle, huddle, hurdle, intermodal, kindle, ladle, manhandle, medal, meddle, middle, minoxidil, mishandle, modal, model, mollycoddle, muddle, needle, noodle, paddle, panhandle, pedal, peddle, Piddle, poodle, puddle, pyramidal, rekindle, remodel, rhizoidal, riddle, Ruddle, Rundle, saddle, sandal, scandal, spindle, straddle, supermodel, swindle, toddle, trundle, twaddle, Tweedle, twiddle, unbundle, vandal, Waddle, Wedel, widdle, Windle, yodel. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: deils, delis, idles, isled, slide. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-s" | |
-1 letter: deil, deli, dels, diel, dies, elds, ides, idle, isle, leis, lids, lied, lies, side, sild, sled, slid. | |
-2 letters: del, die, dis, eds, eld, els, ids, led, lei, lid, lie, lis, sei, sel. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, el, es, id, is, li, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-s" | |
+1 letter: aisled, bields, deasil, delist, devils, diesel, dispel, ediles, elides, felids, fields, glides, ideals, idlers, idlest, ladies, lisped, listed, misled, oldies, sailed, sedile, seidel, shield, sidled, sidler, sidles, silked, siloed, silted, sliced, slider, slides, slimed, sliped, smiled, soiled, spiled, tildes, wields, yields. | |
+2 letters: aediles, aidless, alipeds, audiles, baldies, bilsted, bindles, blissed, bolides, bridles, chields, childes, clerids, dailies, dallies, deciles, defiles, delicts, delimes, delists, dellies, denials, dentils, derails, despoil, details, devisal, dialers, dialyse, dibbles, diddles, diesels, dilates, dildoes, dillies, dilutes, dimples, dindles, dingles, diploes, dipoles, disable, dishelm, dislike, dispels, doilies, dollies, doolies, doylies, dreidls, drivels, duelist, edibles, elapids, engilds, enisled, ensiled, eyelids, fiddles, gilders, girdles, gliders, halides, hirsled, idlesse, idolise, indoles, isolead, keloids, kindles, laddies, lapides, liaised, lidless, lindens, lindies, linseed, lipides, medials, meloids, middles, midlegs, midsole, mildens, mildest, mildews, misdeal, mislead, mispled, oilseed, palsied, piddles, pleiads, redials, regilds, resiled, riddles, ridgels, ridleys, sallied, sedilia, seedily, seidels, shields, shilled, sickled, sidlers, singled, sizzled, skilled, skirled, slicked, slidden, sliders, slimmed, slinked, slipped, slitted, sluiced, snailed, snidely, soldier, solider, speiled, spieled, spilled, spindle, spliced, splined, spoiled, stifled, stilled, stilted, sulfide, sullied, swilled, swindle, swirled, widdles, wilders, wildest, windles. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 64 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .. -.. .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01100100 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i d l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 0064 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5375707871 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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