sile
1 of 6noun (1)
ˈsī(ə)l
plural -s
Scottish
: beam, rafter
sile
2 of 6intransitive verb
"
-ed/-ing/-s
dialectal, chiefly British
: to move especially downward with a flowing or gliding motion
the rain siled down
sile
3 of 6transitive verb
"
-ed/-ing/-s
dialectal, British
: strain, filter
sile milk
sile
4 of 6noun (2)
"
plural -s
dialectal, British
: strainer, sieve
sile
5 of 6"
dialectal variant of soil
sile
6 of 6noun
"
plural -s
dialectal, British
: spawn or fry of fish (such as herring)
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, perhaps from Old English sȳl pillar, column; akin to Old High German sūl pillar, Old Norse sūl, sūla, Gothic sauls
Intransitive verb
Middle English
Transitive verb
Middle English silen, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish sila to strain, sil strainer, Norwegian sile to strain, sil strainer
Noun (2)
Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish & Norwegian sil strainer
Noun
of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse sīld herring
- reconceptualize
- reconceptualized
- reconceptualizes
- reconceptualizing
- reconcilabilities
- reconcilability
- reconcilable
- reconcilablenesses
- reconcilably
- reconcile
- reconcile (to)
- reconcile to
- reconciled
- reconciled (to)
- reconciled to
- reconcileless
- reconcilement
- reconcilements
- reconciler
- reconcilers
- reconciles
- rough-gilt
- rough-hew
- rough-hewed
- rough-hewing