Slip
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction. To err. To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertly To move quickly and often secretively To worsen. To release a bird of prey to go after a quarry.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An act or instance of slipping. A women's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress; a shift. A small piece of paper. A mistake or error (slip of the tongue.) A berth; a space for a ship to moor. A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel. A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure. In ceramics, a thin, slippery mix of clay and water. Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.) A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
Example sentence: The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
Strip
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a long, thin piece of a bigger itema series of drawings, a comic stripa landing stripa street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilitiesThe fencing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.(UK football) the uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.shortened form of striptease.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To remove or take away.To take off clothing.To do a striptease.To completely take away, to plunder.To remove the threads from a screw or the teeth from a gear.To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also, strip-squeeze.)To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
Example sentence: I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.