sleave
pronunciation
How to pronounce sleave in British English:
UK [sli:v]
How to pronounce sleave in American English:
US [sliv]
Word Origin
- sleave (v.)
- "to separate or divide" (threads, strands, fibers), Old English -slæfan, from stem of -slifan "to separate, split, cleave," from Proto-Germanic *slifanan, perhaps related to the root of slip (v.). Compare German Schleife "a loop, knot, noose." Related: Sleaved; sleaving. As a noun, "knotted, tangled silk or thread," 1590s, from the verb; this is the word in Shakespeare's rauel'd Sleeue of Care ("Macbeth").
Example
- 1. This is shenyang military region some artillerist group adds up to sleave hair to use land a when resource of this one training walks out of new approach .
- 2. Advantage of resource of southwest of analytic our country and rural economics develop the current situation , the way that offers resource to combine sleave hair and rural economics development and way .
- 3. Adding up to sleave hair to use mineral products resource is the inevitable demand that builds zoology hunan , strengthening mineral products resource to manage is the important segment that builds zoology hunan .
- 4. With respect to coal industry character , according to law manage coal produces order , had become must as soon as possible the major task of thrash out , become a relation to add up to sleave hair to use our country finite .
- 5. Comfy usa flutter sleave pleated dress .