name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sidle
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdl/
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General-American: sīd-(ə)l
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General-American: /ˈsaɪdəl/
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rhymes with -aɪd(ə)l
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CMU ARPABET: S AY1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An act of sidling.
A sideways movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An act of sidling.
A furtive advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To (cause something to) move sideways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, ambitransitive, figuratively
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verb
Meaning 5
In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, ambitransitive, figuratively
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verb
Meaning 6
move sideways
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sashay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
verb
Meaning 7
move unobtrusively or furtively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
History
Etymology
Variant of Siddall.
The verb is from side + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly a back-formation from sideling (“in a sidelong direction; askew, obliquely”, adverb), treating that word as the present participle of sidle. The noun is derived from the verb.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: pohyb do strany — sideways movement
- Polish: ruch bokiem — sideways movement
- Polish: skradanie się — furtive advance
- Polish: iść bokiem — to (cause something to) move sideways
- Russian: ходи́ть бо́ком (xodítʹ bókom) — to (cause something to) move sideways
- Russian: пробира́ться бочко́м (probirátʹsja bočkóm) — to (cause something to) move sideways
- Spanish: caminar de lado — to (cause something to) move sideways
- Spanish: andar de costado — to (cause something to) move sideways
- Czech: přikrást se — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Czech: přitočit se — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Czech: krást se — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- French: se faufiler — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- German: schleichen — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Polish: skradać się — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Russian: красться (krastʹsja) — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Russian: подбираться (podbiratʹsja) — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Spanish: aliar — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Spanish: estar con — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Spanish: salir sigilosamente — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Spanish: acercar — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner
- Spanish: avanzar furtivamente — to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner