MEANING
To move sideways or in an unobtrusive, edging manner.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- sidle toward a door
- sidle up to someone
On the page
She sidled toward the door as the argument resumed.
He sidled up to the table without interrupting the speaker.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- sidle
- Past tense
- sidled
- Past participle
- sidled
- Present participle
- sidling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- sidle
- Present continuous
- am/is/are sidling
- Present perfect
- have/has sidled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been sidling
- Past
- sidled
- Past continuous
- was/were sidling
- Past perfect
- had sidled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been sidling
- Future
- will sidle
- Future continuous
- will be sidling
- Future perfect
- will have sidled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been sidling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: sidle; sidles; sidled; sidled; sidling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: sidles.
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