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单词 sleave
释义 sleave
I. \ˈslēv\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English sleven, from (assumed) Old English slǣfan to cut (whence tōslǣfan to cut up); akin to Old English tōslīfan to split — more at slive
transitive verb
obsolete : to separate (silk thread) into filaments
intransitive verb
: to separate into filaments
 < the hair had sleaved out thin and fine — Aldous Huxley >
II. noun
(-s)
1. obsolete : floss I 1
2. : skein
 < sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care — Shakespeare >
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