Definition of sleave Sleave
sleave
We found 7 definitions of sleave from 3 different sources.
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What does sleave mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sleave (n.)
The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. - sleave (n.)
Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk. - sleave (v. t.)
To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sleave
slēv, n. the ravelled, knotty part of silk thread: (Shak.) floss-silk.—v.t. to separate, as threads:—pr.p. sleav′ing; pa.p. sleaved. [Cf. Dan. slöife, a loose knot, Sw. slejf, a knot of ribbon, Ger. schleife, a loop.]
