sile
To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filterTo strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
Meaning
6 senses(UK, dialectal, transitive)To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To go; pass.
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To boil gently; simmer.
(Northern England, UK, dialectal, intransitive)To pour with rain.
Origin
From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter,From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter, strain"; > Low German silen, sielen), equivalent to sie (“to filter, strain”) + -le. Cognate with German sielen (“let off water, filter”), Swedish sila (“to strain, filter, sift”), German Siel (“drain, sewer, sluice”).
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Forms
siles, siling, siled, siledWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.