Sleave in English
- sleave⇄noun 1a. a small silk thread made by separating a thicker thread.
b. silk in the form of such threads; floss.
2. (Archaic.) anything confused and troublesome.
Ex. Sleep that knits up the ravel'd sleave of care (Shakespeare). - sleave⇄sleave, noun, verb, sleaved,sleaving.
- sleave⇄v.t. to divide or separate (silk or other thread) into smaller threads.