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S vs Sleaves - What's the difference?

s | sleaves |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb sleaves is

(sleave).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    sleaves

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sleave)

    • sleave

    English

    Verb

    (sleav)
  • (weaving) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

    • Synonyms

    * sley

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
  • Silk not yet twisted; floss.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.
    (Webster 1913)