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sleave Related to sleave: sleevesleave S0473850 (slēv)n. Archaic A fine thread or skein of thread. [From Middle English *sleven, to disentangle, from Old English *slǣfan, to cut, from slāf, past tense of slīfan, to split.]sleave (sliːv) n1. (Knitting & Sewing) a tangled thread2. (Textiles) a thin filament unravelled from a thicker thread3. chiefly poetic anything matted or complicatedvb (Knitting & Sewing) to disentangle (twisted thread, etc)[Old English slǣfan to divide; related to Middle Low German slēf, Norwegian sleiv big spoon]sleave (sliv) v. sleaved, sleav•ing, n. v.t. 1. to divide or separate into filaments, as silk. n. 2. anything matted or raveled. 3. a filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread. 4. a silk in the form of such filaments, esp. a floss silk used in embroidery. [1585–95; Old English -slǣfan (only in tōslǣfan), akin to slīfan to split; compare sliver] sleave Past participle: sleaved Gerund: sleaving
Present |
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I sleave | you sleave | he/she/it sleaves | we sleave | you sleave | they sleave |
Preterite |
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I sleaved | you sleaved | he/she/it sleaved | we sleaved | you sleaved | they sleaved |
Present Continuous |
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I am sleaving | you are sleaving | he/she/it is sleaving | we are sleaving | you are sleaving | they are sleaving |
Present Perfect |
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I have sleaved | you have sleaved | he/she/it has sleaved | we have sleaved | you have sleaved | they have sleaved |
Past Continuous |
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I was sleaving | you were sleaving | he/she/it was sleaving | we were sleaving | you were sleaving | they were sleaving |
Past Perfect |
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I had sleaved | you had sleaved | he/she/it had sleaved | we had sleaved | you had sleaved | they had sleaved |
Future |
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I will sleave | you will sleave | he/she/it will sleave | we will sleave | you will sleave | they will sleave |
Future Perfect |
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I will have sleaved | you will have sleaved | he/she/it will have sleaved | we will have sleaved | you will have sleaved | they will have sleaved |
Future Continuous |
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I will be sleaving | you will be sleaving | he/she/it will be sleaving | we will be sleaving | you will be sleaving | they will be sleaving |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been sleaving | you have been sleaving | he/she/it has been sleaving | we have been sleaving | you have been sleaving | they have been sleaving |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been sleaving | you will have been sleaving | he/she/it will have been sleaving | we will have been sleaving | you will have been sleaving | they will have been sleaving |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been sleaving | you had been sleaving | he/she/it had been sleaving | we had been sleaving | you had been sleaving | they had been sleaving |
Conditional |
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I would sleave | you would sleave | he/she/it would sleave | we would sleave | you would sleave | they would sleave |
Past Conditional |
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I would have sleaved | you would have sleaved | he/she/it would have sleaved | we would have sleaved | you would have sleaved | they would have sleaved |
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