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1slip-form — «SLIHP FRM», noun, verb. –n. a steel form that is raised or moved in building or paving at the same time as concrete is added. –v.t. to build or pave by means of a slip form: »to slip form a bridge pier, to slip form a road …
2slip form — noun Etymology: slip (I) : a form that can be moved slowly as concrete placing progresses and that is used extensively in building tall storage bins and occasionally in widening existing pavements …
3slip form — noun Date: 1949 a form that is moved slowly as concrete is placed during construction (as of a building or pavement) …
4slip form — Civ. Engin. a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building. [1945 50] * * * …
5slip form — noun a mould in which a concrete structure is cast by filling the mould with liquid concrete and then continuously moving and refilling it at a sufficiently slow rate for the emerging part to have partially set …
6Slip forming — The Continuous poured, Continuously formed, or Slip formed construction method is a concrete construction technology that enables cast in place flawless (i.e. seamless) concrete members which have superior performance characteristics to piecewise …
7slip — 1. v. & n. v. (slipped, slipping) 1 intr. slide unintentionally esp. for a short distance; lose one s footing or balance or place by unintended sliding. 2 intr. go or move with a sliding motion (as the door closes the catch slips into place;… …
8Slip — Slip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slipping}.] [OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG. slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr. OE. slipen, AS. sl[=i]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide, glide …
9Slip-Slop-Slap — is the name for a health campaign in Australia exhorting people to slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, and slap on a hat when they go out into the sun in order to prevent skin cancer.cite web |url= http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,2519… …
10slip — I. /slɪp / (say slip) verb (slipped or, Archaic, slipt, slipped, slipping) –verb (i) 1. to pass or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: water slips off a smooth surface. 2. to slide suddenly and involuntarily, as on a smooth surface; to lose one… …
