"sleave" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /sliːv/ Forms: sleaves [plural]
Rhymes: -iːv Etymology: Compare Danish slöife, a loose knot, Swedish slejf (“a knot of ribbon”), German Schleife (“a loop”). Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sleave (countable and uncountable, plural sleaves)
  1. The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sleave-en-noun-W8IV0oZZ
  2. Silk not yet twisted; floss. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sleave-en-noun-H4jeuwW5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 65 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 72 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 85 8

Verb [English]

IPA: /sliːv/ Forms: sleaves [present, singular, third-person], sleaving [participle, present], sleaved [participle, past], sleaved [past]
Rhymes: -iːv Etymology: Compare Danish slöife, a loose knot, Swedish slejf (“a knot of ribbon”), German Schleife (“a loop”). Head templates: {{en-verb}} sleave (third-person singular simple present sleaves, present participle sleaving, simple past and past participle sleaved)
  1. (weaving) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads. Categories (topical): Weaving Synonyms: sley
    Sense id: en-sleave-en-verb-0aR9BITG Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "sleaved",
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    },
    {
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Weaving",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "thread"
        ],
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          "divide",
          "divide"
        ]
      ],
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        "(weaving) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads."
      ],
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          "word": "sley"
        }
      ],
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        "business",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles",
        "weaving"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sliːv/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːv"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sleeve"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "slieve"
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Silk not yet twisted; floss."
      ],
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      "homophone": "slieve"
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        "(weaving) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads."
      ],
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        "manufacturing",
        "textiles",
        "weaving"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːv"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sleeve"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "slieve"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "sley"
    }
  ],
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        "The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread."
      ],
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          "silk"
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          "text": "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.",
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      ],
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        "Silk not yet twisted; floss."
      ],
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          "floss"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sliːv/"
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "slieve"
    }
  ],
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}

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