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verb · intransitive · rare

sleave

sleave · sleaves · sleaved · sleaving

To separate, as threadsTo separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

/sliːv/

Meaning

1 senses

To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

sleaves, sleaving, sleaved, sleaved

Base form	sleave · to sleave
3rd person singular	sleaves
Present participle	sleaving
Past simple	sleaved
Past participle	sleaved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	sleave
he, she, it	sleaves

Past simpleLesson

all persons

sleaved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have sleaved
he, she, it	has sleaved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will sleave

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Lessons 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 dictionary

slay slayer sleazy sled sledge

Dictionary 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.

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