UrsprungFrom Middle Low German slipen, from Proto-West Germanic *slīpan (“to grind, whet, sharpen”).
- to grind, to polish (by abrading)
“slipa med en vinkelslip” — grind with an angle grinder
- figurativelyto sharpen, to hone (make (minor) improvements (to))
“Slipa tekniken i backen” — Hone your technique on the slopes
- to sharpen, to hone ((the edge of) a knife or the like)
Formerslipar(present) · slipade(preterite) · slipat(supine) · slipa(imperative) · slipa(active, infinitive) · slipas(infinitive, passive) · slipat(active, supine) · slipats(passive, supine) · slipa(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · slipen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · slipar(active, indicative, present) · slipade(active, indicative, past) · slipas(indicative, passive, present) · slipades(indicative, passive, past) · slipa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · slipade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · slipas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · slipades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)