• Sleave

    Full definition of sleave

    Verb

    1. (weaving) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

    Synonyms

    Noun

    sleave

    (plural sleaves)
    1. The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
    2. Silk not yet twisted; floss.
      • ShakespeareSleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.
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