SLIVE

Etymology 1

Verb

slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past slived or slove, past participle slived or sliven)

(transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cut; split; separate.

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

Noun

slive (plural slives)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)

(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep.

Anagrams

• Elvis, Levi's, Levis, Lévis, Viels, evils, lives, veils, vleis, vlies

Source: Wiktionary


Slive, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Slip.]

Definition: To sneak. [Prov. Eng.]

Slive, v. t. Etym: [OE. sliven to split, cleave, AS. slifan.]

Definition: To cut; to split; to separate. [Obs.] Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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