Dictionary Entry
sleave
sleave is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
- 2noun
Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
- 3transitive verb
To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
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