Definitions For Slive
Etymology 1
From Middle English sliven, from {{inh, en, ang, slīfan, t=to cleave, split}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, slībaną, t=to split}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *(s)kelH-, t=to cut}}.Verb
slives , sliving , slove , past2=slived , sliven , past_ptc2=slived (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
sliverEtymology 2
Perhaps related to slip.Verb
slives , sliving , slived (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep.Related terms
sliverlyAnagrams
Elvis, Levi's, Levis, Lévis, Viels, evils, lives, veils, vleis, vliesIs Slive a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
NO
Scrabble US
NO
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
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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