Definitions For Slive

Etymology 1

From Middle English sliven, from , from , from .

Verb

slives , sliving , slove , sliven (transitive, obsolete, or, dialectal) To cut; split; separate. (transitive, obsolete, or, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.

Noun

SLIVE (plural SLIVEs) (dialectal) A slice or sliver; slip#etymology_2, slip, chip.

Related terms

sliver

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to slip.

Verb

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

Related terms

sliverly

Anagrams

Elvis, Levi's, Levis, Lévis, Viels, evils, lives, veils, vleis, vlies

Is Slive a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
10

The word Slive is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

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