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Meaning of "sleave" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLEAVE

Old English slǣfan to divide; related to Middle Low German slēf, Norwegian sleiv big spoon.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SLEAVE

sliːv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLEAVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sleave is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sleave in English.

WHAT DOES SLEAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sleave in the English dictionary

The first definition of sleave in the dictionary is a tangled thread. Other definition of sleave is a thin filament unravelled from a thicker thread. Sleave is also anything matted or complicated.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLEAVE

PRESENT

Present
I sleave
you sleave
he/she/it sleaves
we sleave
you sleave
they sleave
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
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
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I sleaved
you sleaved
he/she/it sleaved
we sleaved
you sleaved
they 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
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
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will sleave
you will sleave
he/she/it will sleave
we will sleave
you will sleave
they will sleave
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
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 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
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would sleave
you would sleave
he/she/it would sleave
we would sleave
you would sleave
they would sleave
Conditional continuous
I would be sleaving
you would be sleaving
he/she/it would be sleaving
we would be sleaving
you would be sleaving
they would be sleaving
Conditional perfect
I would have sleave
you would have sleave
he/she/it would have sleave
we would have sleave
you would have sleave
they would have sleave
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sleaving
you would have been sleaving
he/she/it would have been sleaving
we would have been sleaving
you would have been sleaving
they would have been sleaving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sleave
we let´s sleave
you sleave
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sleave
Past participle
sleaved
Present Participle
sleaving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLEAVE

believe · cleave · cleeve · disbelieve · half-sleeve · interleave · leave · leve · make-believe · oversleeve · relieve · shirtsleeve · sleeve · slieve · unbelieve · wayleave

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLEAVE

sld · sleaze · sleazebag · sleazeball · sleazier · sleaziest · sleazily · sleaziness · sleazo · sleazoid · sleazy · sled · sled dog · sledder · sledding · sledge · sledgehammer · sledger · sledging · sleech

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLEAVE

absent without leave · annual leave · by your leave · by-your-leave · compassionate leave · French leave · garden leave · gardening leave · home leave · mass leave · maternity leave · on leave · parental leave · paternity leave · sabbatical leave · shore leave · sick leave · study leave · take leave · ticket of leave · weave

Synonyms and antonyms of sleave in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sleave» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SLEAVE

Find out the translation of sleave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sleave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sleave» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

纠缠一团
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sleave
570 millions of speakers
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sleave
510 millions of speakers
hi

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sleave
380 millions of speakers
ar

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sleave
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

sleave
278 millions of speakers
pt

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sleave
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

sleave
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sleave
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Sleave
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

sleave
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

sleave
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

sleave
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sleave
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sleave
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இழைகளகப் பிரி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Sleave
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sleave
70 millions of speakers
it

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sleave
65 millions of speakers
pl

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sleave
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

sleave
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Sleave
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sleave
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sleave
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sleave
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sleave
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sleave

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLEAVE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of sleave
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sleave

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLEAVE»

Discover the use of sleave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sleave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macbeth does murder sleep ' — the innocent sleep, 36 Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each, day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, 36. does] doth Roweii,+. + Cap. 37.
William Shakespeare, 2001
2
Macbeth; King John
Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care,9 * the ravell'd sleave of care,] Sleave signifies the ravelled knotty part of the silk, which gives great trouble and embarrassment to the knitter or ...
William Shakespeare, 1813
3
The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
The death of each clay's life, sore labour's bath l, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast 2 ; — Sleave appears to have signified coarse, soft, unwrought silk. Seta grossolana, Ital. See also, Florio's Italian ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
4
A Dictionary of English Etymology: Q - Z ; 1
Sleave. Shave or sleave silk would seem to be the tangled refuse of the cocoon which cannot be wound off, but only spun. It. capitone, the hurds of silk cods, or coarse sleeve- silk ; floscio, faint, drooping ; seta floscia, sleave or ravelling silk ...
Hensleigh Wedgwood, 1865
5
The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and ...
Drayton, a poet of Shakspeare's age, has likewise alluded Cb eleaved or ravelled silk, in his §rue*tof Cynthia: " At length I on a fountain li;,ht, " Whose brim with pinks was platted, " The hanks with dalladillies dight, " With grass, like sleave , was ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, 1806
6
The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ...
At length I on a fountain li.ht, " Whose brim with pinks was platted, " The banks with daffadillies dight, " With grass, like sleave, was matted." Langton. Sleave is properly silk which has not been twisted. It is mentioned in Holinshed's History of  ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, 1806
7
Cabinet: Or, Monthly Report of Polite Literature
Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep that knits up the ravelVd sleave 8 of care, The death of each day's life, 9 sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, !— — raveWd sleave] Sleave signifies the ...
‎1807
8
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Macbeth. 11th ed. 1873
Macbeth does murder sleep ' — the innocent sleep, 36 Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, 36. does] doth Rowe ii, + . + Cap. 37.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1873
9
The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Twelfth night. ...
Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care 9, 8 When they DID SAT, God bless us.] The words — did say, which render this hemistich too long to unite with the next in forming a verse, ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Nicholas Rowe, 1821
10
The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere,: With the Notes ...
... There, in rich seats, all wrought of ivory, " The Graces sit, listening the melody " Of warbling birds." Steevens. 114. Sleep, that hnits up the ravelVd sleave of care,] To confirm the ingenious conjefture that sleave means sleaved, silh raveli'd ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, 1788

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLEAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sleave is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jason Isbell post lyric video for "Something More Than Free" - Watch
Music is often at its best when an artist wears their heart on their sleave and in 2013, Jason Isbell poured his soul into his fourth studio album Southeastern. «TheSoundBot, Jul 15»
2
China's toilet tech showing considerable signs of improvement
By pushing the button, the plastic sleave coating the toilet seat gets sucked into one end, pulling out a fresh swath in its place. However, where that used length ... «RocketNews24, May 15»
3
VIDEO: Sir Peter Blake puts Razzle Dazzle on Mersey today
LEGENDARY British pop artist Sir Peter Blake - who designed the Beatles iconic Sgt Pepper's album sleave - was commissioned to "dazzle" a Mersey Ferry that ... «Wirral Globe, Apr 15»
4
Tobias Jesso Jr.: Goon - Album Review
... recalls the great songwriters of the decade from both Lennon and McCartney's solo work to Randy Newman and he wears those influences on his sleave. «TheSoundBot, Mar 15»
5
Ville tatuera in skog – fick världens fulaste "träd" på armen
Didier Jacquemin är en 29-årig Belgare som likt så många andra ville skaffa sig en snygg "sleave". Så Didier tog med en bild till en tatuerare föreställande "en ... «Nyheter24, Mar 15»
6
Sundowners Live Review - Nice'N'Sleazy, Glasgow
The Sundowners are a band who wear their 60s/70s psychedelia on their sleave. And from their attire to the songs themselves, they wear it well. With female ... «TheSoundBot, Feb 15»
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Richard Branson: His new Virgin Cruise line will bring sexy back to …
So, I'm eager to see what Branson has up his sleave for ocean travel. cComments. (A) I don't know where Center 51 is, but we already get people coming from ... «Sun Sentinel, Dec 14»
8
Close Your Eyes
He sang its praises in beautiful poetry (“Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care…”). Italian renaissance artist Michelangelo had commented on sleep and ... «Indian Express, Nov 14»
9
Lots or Little Sleep Linked to Sick Days
But sleep patterns are still a warning sign for increased illness and health complications. Shakespeare put it best: Sleep…that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care. «Scientific American, Sep 14»
10
John Fullbright: Songs - Album Review
he asks. “Keeping Hope Alive” is full of melancholy, “Pain and pride/tears I've cried alone”, and demonstrates an album full of personal, 'heart on sleave' lyrics. «TheSoundBot, Jul 14»
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