Meaning

1 senses
  1. To separate or part warp threads and arrange them in a reed.

Origin

From Middle English slay, from Old English slege.

From Middle English slay, from Old English slege.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

sleys, sleying, sleyed, sleyed
Base formsley · to sley
3rd person singularsleys
Present participlesleying
Past simplesleyed
Past participlesleyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysley
he, she, itsleys

Past simpleLesson

all personssleyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sleyed
he, she, ithas sleyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sley

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sley — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto