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sleave
[ sleev ]
verb (used with object)
, sleaved, sleav·ing.
- to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
noun
- anything matted or raveled.
- a filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread.
- a silk in the form of such filaments.
sleave
/ sliːv /
noun
- a tangled thread
- a thin filament unravelled from a thicker thread
- poetic.anything matted or complicated
verb
- to disentangle (twisted thread, etc)
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Other Words From
- un·sleaved adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sleave1
Old English slǣfan to divide; related to Middle Low German slēf, Norwegian sleiv big spoon
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Example Sentences
“I love you—I love you—” until at last sleep helped to knit up the ravelled sleave of care.
From Project Gutenberg
The Italian form is sciamito, "a kind of sleave, feret, or filosello silke" (Florio).
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