sleave

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sleave

 (slēv)
n. Archaic
A fine thread or skein of thread.

[From Middle English *sleven, to disentangle, from Old English *slǣfan, to cut, from slāf, past tense of slīfan, to split.]
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sleave

(sliːv)
n
1. (Knitting & Sewing) a tangled thread
2. (Textiles) a thin filament unravelled from a thicker thread
3. chiefly poetic anything matted or complicated
vb
(Knitting & Sewing) to disentangle (twisted thread, etc)
[Old English slǣfan to divide; related to Middle Low German slēf, Norwegian sleiv big spoon]
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sleave

(sliv)

v. sleaved, sleav•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
n.
2. anything matted or raveled.
3. a filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread.
4. a silk in the form of such filaments, esp. a floss silk used in embroidery.
[1585–95; Old English -slǣfan (only in tōslǣfan), akin to slīfan to split; compare sliver]
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sleave


Past participle: sleaved
Gerund: sleaving

Imperative
sleave
sleave
Present
I sleave
you sleave
he/she/it sleaves
we sleave
you sleave
they sleave
Preterite
I sleaved
you sleaved
he/she/it sleaved
we sleaved
you sleaved
they sleaved
Present Continuous
I am sleaving
you are sleaving
he/she/it is sleaving
we are sleaving
you are sleaving
they are sleaving
Present Perfect
I have sleaved
you have sleaved
he/she/it has sleaved
we have sleaved
you have sleaved
they have sleaved
Past Continuous
I was sleaving
you were sleaving
he/she/it was sleaving
we were sleaving
you were sleaving
they were sleaving
Past Perfect
I had sleaved
you had sleaved
he/she/it had sleaved
we had sleaved
you had sleaved
they had sleaved
Future
I will sleave
you will sleave
he/she/it will sleave
we will sleave
you will sleave
they will sleave
Future Perfect
I will have sleaved
you will have sleaved
he/she/it will have sleaved
we will have sleaved
you will have sleaved
they will have sleaved
Future Continuous
I will be sleaving
you will be sleaving
he/she/it will be sleaving
we will be sleaving
you will be sleaving
they will be sleaving
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sleaving
you have been sleaving
he/she/it has been sleaving
we have been sleaving
you have been sleaving
they have been sleaving
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sleaving
you will have been sleaving
he/she/it will have been sleaving
we will have been sleaving
you will have been sleaving
they will have been sleaving
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sleaving
you had been sleaving
he/she/it had been sleaving
we had been sleaving
you had been sleaving
they had been sleaving
Conditional
I would sleave
you would sleave
he/she/it would sleave
we would sleave
you would sleave
they would sleave
Past Conditional
I would have sleaved
you would have sleaved
he/she/it would have sleaved
we would have sleaved
you would have sleaved
they would have sleaved
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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