Definitions For Sleave

Noun

SLEAVE (plural SLEAVEs) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. Silk not yet twisted; floss.

Verb

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

Synonyms

sley

Etymology

{{rfe, en, From Chambers 1908; needs cleanup.}} Compare Danish slöife, a loose knot, Swedish slejf, , a knot of ribbon, German Schleife, , a loop.

Anagrams

Veales, leaves, salvee, veales

Is Sleave a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
11

The word Sleave is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

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