slive

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/slaɪv//slɪv/

verb

To cut; split; separate.

OriginMiddle English sliven ← Old English slīfan ← Proto-West Germanic *slīban →
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Meanings

slive1

verbslive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past slove or slived, past participle sliven or slived)

present singular third person slives · participle present sliving · past slove · past slived · participle past sliven · participle past slived

  1. dialectalobsoletetransitiveTo cut; split; separate.
  2. ScotlanddialectalobsoletetransitiveTo cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.
nounslive (plural slives)

plural slives

  1. dialectalA slice or sliver; slip, chip.

slive2

verbslive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)

present singular third person slives · participle present sliving · participle past slived · past slived

  1. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalTo sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep.

slive3

verbslive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)

present singular third person slives · participle present sliving · participle past slived · past slived

  1. slangTo live life to the fullest while being successful, glamorous, and confident.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
chivecutgashracescungesneak

Origin

slive · verb, noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kelH-“to cut”
  2. Proto-Germanic*slībaną“to split”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*slīban
  4. Old Englishslīfan“to cleave, split”
  5. Middle Englishsliven
  6. Englishslive

From Middle English sliven, from Old English slīfan (“to cleave, split”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīban, from Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”).

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slive · verb

  1. Old Englishslīfan
  2. Middle Englishsliven
  3. Englishslive

From Middle English sliven, from Old English slīfan, slēfan (“to slip or put a garment on”). Perhaps related to slip.

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slive · verb

Back-formation from sliving, equivalent to blend of slay + live.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with slive

livedrivefivealivesurvivedivestrivederiveclivethriverevivehivebeehivedeprivebeliveviveriveshivechivecontrivewiveskiveconniveacclive
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Anagrams

ElvisevilsLevis
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APA

slive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slive

MLA

“slive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slive.

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