Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To be idle; to idle (away time).

    He has been slothing this whole weekend.

Examples

30 sentences

  1. Sloths are slow.

    Лінивці повільні. — deniko

    ruЛенивцы медлительны. — Balamax

    deFaultiere sind langsam. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Armadillos are related to anteaters and sloths.

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  3. Adriano saw a sloth at the zoo.

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  4. The sloth has a very slow metabolism.

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  5. The sloth is a surprisingly good swimmer.

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Origin

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolen

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

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Forms

sloths, slothing, slothed, slothed
Base formsloth · to sloth
3rd person singularsloths
Present participleslothing
Past simpleslothed
Past participleslothed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysloth
he, she, itsloths

Past simpleLesson

all personsslothed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sloth

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sloshslotB1slouchslough
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