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Skirted
- verb - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
- form the edge of
- pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
Skitter
- verb - cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
- glide easily along a surface
- to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
- twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
Skulked
- verb - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
- lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"
Skulker
- noun - someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
- someone waiting in concealment
Skulled
- unknown - Boat propelled by oars
Slabbed
- unknown - paved with flagstones
Slabber
- verb - let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled"
Slacked
- verb - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
- become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
- become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
- make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
- make less active or intense
- release tension on; "slack the rope"
Slacken
- verb - become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
- become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
- make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
- make slack as by lessening tension or firmness