English Explanatory Dictionary

sleave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.
noun
  1. The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
  2. Silk not yet twisted; floss.

Pronunciation

/sliːv/

Word forms

sleave sleaves sleaving sleaved

Etymology

Compare Danish slöife, a loose knot, Swedish slejf (“a knot of ribbon”), German Schleife (“a loop”).

Synonyms

sley
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