SLEAVE

Meaning of SLEAVE in English

Function: transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English *sleven, from Old English -sl ǣ fan to cut

Date: circa 1628

obsolete : to separate (silk thread) into filaments

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

SLEAVE — I. noun Etymology: 2~ Date: 1591 skein , II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English *sleven, from Old English -slǣfan to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SLEAVE — I. ˈslēv verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English sleven, from (assumed) Old English slǣfan to cut (whence …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLEAVE — (v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
Английский словарь Webster
SLEAVE — (n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
Английский словарь Webster
SLEAVE — (n.) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
Английский словарь Webster
SLEAVE — ( v. t. ) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEAVE — ( n. ) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEAVE — ( n. ) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEAVE — /sleev/ , v. , sleaved, sleaving , n. v.t. 1. to divide or separate into filaments, as silk. n. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEAVE — I. ˈslēv noun Etymology: sleave (II) Date: 1591 archaic : skein sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLEAVE — noun the knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. 2. sleave ·noun silk not yet twisted; floss; called …
Webster English vocab
SLEAVE — [sleave] n [ [2]sleave] (1591) archaic: skein "sleep that knits up the raveled ~ of care --Shak." [2]sleave vt [(assumed) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLEAVE — моток (ниток); пасмо - * of care клубок невзгод
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLEAVE — sleave.ogg sli:v n моток ( ниток и т. п. ); пасмо sleave of care - поэт. клубок невзгод
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SLEAVE — (n) моток
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SLEAVE — (0) пасмо
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SLEAVE — n моток ( ниток и т. п. ); пасмо ~ of care - поэт. клубок невзгод
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SLEAVE — n моток ( ниток и т. п. ); пасмо sleave of care - поэт. клубок невзгод
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SLEAVE — моток (ниток); пасмо - * of care клубок невзгод
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLEAVE — Pronunciation: ' sl ē v Function: noun Etymology: 2 sleave Date: 1591 archaic : SKEIN <sleep that knits up the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SLEAVE SILK — noun Date: 1588 floss silk that is easily separated into filaments for embroidery
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SLEAVE SILK — noun obsolete : floss silk that is easily separated into filaments for embroidery
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLEAVE SILK — Date: 1588 obsolete : floss silk that is easily separated into filaments for embroidery
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLEAVE SILK — [sleave silk] n (1588) obs: floss silk that is easily separated into filaments for embroidery
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLEIDED — adjective Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by sleyed, past participle of sley ) (II) of sleaved, past part of sleave (I) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLEY — (v. t.) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by …
Английский словарь Webster
SLEEVE — (n.) See Sleave, untwisted thread.
Английский словарь Webster
SLEAVING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleave
Английский словарь Webster
SLEAVED — (imp. & p. p.) of Sleave
Английский словарь Webster
SLEY — ( v. t. ) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEEVE — ( n. ) See Sleave, untwisted thread.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEAVING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Sleave
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEAVED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Sleave
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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