noun
Meaning 1
A slice or sliver; slip, chip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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Standard Lemma guide
slive
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Pronunciation
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/slaɪv/
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rhymes with -aɪv
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/slɪv/
verb
Meaning 2
To cut; split; separate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
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verb
Meaning 5
To live life to the fullest while being successful, glamorous, and confident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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History
Etymology
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”).
From Middle English sliven, from Old English slīfan, slēfan (“to slip or put a garment on”). Perhaps related to slip.
Back-formation from sliving, equivalent to blend of slay + live.