slive

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See also: сливе

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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”).

Verb

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.
  2. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.

Noun

slive (plural slives)

  1. (dialectal) A slice or sliver; slip, chip.

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to slip.

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.

Anagrams

Slovene

Noun

slíve

  1. inflection of slíva:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural
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