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# sidle

«sidle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to walk slowly and sideways, moving quietly and a little…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (sidle, sidles, sidled, sidling)

### meaning for a pupil

To sidle is to walk slowly and sideways, moving quietly and a little shyly, often to avoid notice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a sly creature or character moves up close to someone, often in a sneaky way.

### examples

- A little demon came sidling up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidle/#x1)
- The cat sidled up to the bowl of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidle/#x2)
- He sidled out of the room when no one was looking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidle/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sidle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.