Slive

From Middle English sliven, from Old English slīfan ("to cleave, split"), from Proto-Germanic *slībaną ("to split"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- ("to cut").

Full definition of slive

Verb

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

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

Related terms

• sliver

Perhaps related to slip.

Verb

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

Related terms

• sliverly

Anagrams

• Elvis, evils, Levis, Levi's, lives, veils, vleis