EGAVE

sleave

About 0.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.
  2. noun The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
  3. noun Silk not yet twisted; floss.

Similar words

ravelled raveled shed sleid slit scutch sluff slat swingle sheaf

Often followed by

of

Word family

sleaved sleaves sleaving

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