sile

From Middle English syle, from Old English sȳl (“column, pillar, support”), from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“beam, post, column, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-, *ḱswel- (“log”), from *ḱsew-, *ḱes- (“to scratch, comb”). Cognate with Dutch zuil (“pillar”), German Säule (“column, pillar”), Norwegian sul (“pillar”), Icelandic súla (“column”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”).

• syle, cyle (Scotland)

sile (plural siles)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
3. (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
4. (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.

From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter, strain"; > Low German silen, sielen), equivalent to sie (“to filter, strain”) +‎ -le. Cognate with German sielen (“let off water, filter”), Swedish sila (“to strain, filter, sift”), German Siel (“drain, sewer, sluice”).

sile (third-person singular simple present siles, present participle siling, simple past and past participle siled)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
3. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
4. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To go; pass.
5. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.
6. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England) To pour with rain.

sile (plural siles)

1. A sieve.
2. A strainer or colander for liquids
3. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.

From Middle English *sile, from Old Norse síl (“herring”), from Proto-Germanic *sīlą, *sīlō (“herring”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Icelandic síld (“herring”), Norwegian and Danish sild (“herring”), dialectal Swedish sil (“young fish, fry”). Compare sild.

sile (plural siles)

1. A young herring.

• sillock

• %iles, Elis, Iles, Isle, Lise, iles, isle, leis, lies

sile

1. smooth

sile

1. first-person singular present indicative of siler
2. third-person singular present indicative of siler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of siler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of siler
5. second-person singular imperative of siler

• élis, îles, isle, lies, liés, Lise, lise

silē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sileō

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.lɛ/

sile f

1. inflection of siła:
   1. dative singular
   2. locative singular