Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleech

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sleech
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A soft, unstable mixture of mud and clay beneath Belfast, which is known for being difficult to build on.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To dip a vessel into water to fill it; to scoop up water, as with a bucket.

verb

To coax, cajole.

Example Sentences

"The physical nature and engineering properties of the sleech have made it desirable to investigate each site before piling."

Etymology

From Middle English sliche, a variant of slicche, from Old English *sliċ (“mud, sludge”), from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz (“mud, slush”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg- (“to slide, be slippery”). Doublet of slitch and sludge.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sliche, *sliċ, *sliki, *slikiz, *sleyg-

Usage

Inflected Forms

sleeches (plural) sleach (alternative, verb) sleeches (present, singular) sleeching (participle, present) sleeched (participle, past) sleeched (past)

Derived Forms

sleechy

Questions

What does sleech mean?: Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
Where does sleech come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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