sleave - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sleave' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sleave

[ n.]

- The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
- Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.

2 . Sleave

[ v. t.]

- To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

sle sleaved sleaving sleaziness sleazy sled sledded sledding sledge sledged

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