slip
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- noun
- /slɪp/
- Jargon
:
esqueje
- To propagate the plant, take a healthy slip and place it in water until roots develop.
Examples
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After taking a slip from the main plant, you should ensure it gets plenty of sunlight.
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And then what I do is I just bury my slip right up to where like above where the roots start, which they start right here.
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"I'm setting out slips from your mother's chrysanthemums," he told her, his hands in the potting soil.
Fiction book (1998) -
The tiny new leaves in the center of the base are very thin and almost white, like little slips of translucent parchment put there to mark the place and remind us of something.
Fiction book (1990) -
The gardener prepared several slips from the existing rose bushes to grow new ones.
Synonyms
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3.5
A small piece taken from something larger, like a newspaper article or plant for growing
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
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A small mistake you make while speaking, like saying the wrong name
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6.3
A short piece of underwear worn under a skirt to help it hang smoothly and stop it showing through
- Specialized
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6.5
A small hidden sewing loop that catches one or two threads to close cloth neatly
- Specialized
A small thin glass piece placed over a sample on a microscope slide to protect it and aid viewing
A disposable or reusable garment to absorb urine and protect clothes and bedding
- Archaic
A carriage at the end of a moving train released to stop at a station while the train keeps going
- Specialized
A device that lets a machine part move when too much force would damage the machine
- Archaic
A carriage at the end of a train that can detach while the train moves to stop at a station
- Specialized
A device that lets moving parts slide when twisting force is too high to protect machines
- Specialized
A metal ring on a rotating part that keeps an electric connection to a fixed part
- Archaic
A health slogan telling people to wear a shirt, use sunscreen, and wear a hat for sun protection
- Archaic
An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels
- Archaic
A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it
- Archaic
Wheels with hanging metal hooks that lift one end of a log for pulling
- Specialized
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
Surface Forms
Etymology
In gardening, a slip is a small cutting or shoot that you can 'slip' into the soil to grow a new plant, so gardeners call these little pieces 'slips'. The idea is of a small thing put into the ground.