English Explanatory Dictionary

sie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To sink; fall; drop.
  2. To fall, as in a swoon; faint.
  3. To drop, as water; trickle.
  4. To sift.
  5. To strain, as milk; filter.
noun
  1. A drop.
pron
  1. Gender-neutral subject pronoun, grammatically equivalent to the gendered pronouns he and she

Pronunciation

/saɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sie.wav /siː/

Word forms

sie sies sying sied sigh sey sye sir hir hirs hirself shi

Etymology

From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan (“to sink, descend”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną (“to strain, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour, strain”). Cognate with Dutch zijgen (“to filter”), German seihen (“to strain, sieve”), Icelandic síga (“to lower”).

Related words

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