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)
- (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)
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Etymology 2
Perhaps related to slip.
Verb
slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)
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Anagrams
Slovene
Noun
slíve
- inflection of slíva:
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