slive
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slaɪv/
- Rhymes: -aɪv
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)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to slip.
Verb
slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)
Related terms
- sliverly
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