Definitions for sleave

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Spelling: [sleev]
IPA: /sliv/

Sleave is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in sleave (aeelsv).

Definitions for sleave

noun

  1. anything matted or raveled.
  2. a filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread.
  3. a silk in the form of such filaments.

verb (used with object)

  1. to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.

Origin of sleave

1585-95; Old English -slǣfan (only in the compound tōslǣfan), akin to slīfan to split; see sliver

Examples for sleave

The Italian form is sciamito, "a kind of sleave, feret, or filosello silke" (Florio).

Word Value for sleave
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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