"slive" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /slaɪv/ Forms: slives [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: From Middle English sliven, from Old English slīfan (“to cleave, split”), from Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sliven}} Middle English sliven, {{inh|en|ang|slīfan|t=to cleave, split}} Old English slīfan (“to cleave, split”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slībaną|t=to split}} Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelH-|t=to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} slive (plural slives)
  1. (dialectal) A slice or sliver; slip, chip. Tags: dialectal Related terms: sliver
    Sense id: en-slive-en-noun-njSELCwS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /slaɪv/ Forms: slives [present, singular, third-person], sliving [participle, present], slove [past], slived [past], sliven [participle, past], slived [participle, past]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: From Middle English sliven, from Old English slīfan (“to cleave, split”), from Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sliven}} Middle English sliven, {{inh|en|ang|slīfan|t=to cleave, split}} Old English slīfan (“to cleave, split”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slībaną|t=to split}} Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)kelH-|t=to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”) Head templates: {{en-verb|slives|sliving|slove|sliven|past2=slived|past_ptc2=slived}} slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past slove or slived, past participle sliven or slived)
  1. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cut; split; separate. Tags: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-slive-en-verb-2VBkg27T
  2. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing. Tags: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-slive-en-verb-tbDZWyJo Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /slaɪv/ Forms: slives [present, singular, third-person], sliving [participle, present], slived [participle, past], slived [past]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: Perhaps related to slip. Etymology templates: {{l|en|slip}} slip Head templates: {{en-verb}} slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)
  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal Related terms: sliverly
    Sense id: en-slive-en-verb-mPQVmgVx Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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