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Webster 1913 Edition

Slive

Slive

(slīv)
,
Verb.
I.
[Cf.
Slip
.]
To sneak.
[Prov. Eng.]

Slive

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
sliven
to split, cleave, AS.
slīfan
.]
To cut; to split; to separate.
[Obs.]
Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slive

SLIVE

,
Verb.
I.
To sneak.

Definition 2024

slive

slive

English

Verb

slive ‎(third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past slove or slived, past participle sliven or slived)

  1. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cut; split; separate.
  2. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.

Noun

slive ‎(plural slives)

  1. (dialectal) A slice or sliver; slip, chip.

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Etymology 2

Perhaps related to slip.

Verb

slive ‎(third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)

  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep.
Related terms
  • sliverly

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Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaɪv/

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