slee

== English == === Adjective === slee (comparative sleer, superlative sleest) (dialectal, chiefly Northern England and Scotland) Alternative form of sly. === Anagrams === sele, lese, lees, EELS, Lees, eels, ELEs, Else, seel, l'ees, else == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch slee. === Noun === slee (plural sleë) sledge sled, sleigh == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sleː/ Hyphenation: slee Rhymes: -eː === Etymology 1 === From older slede, from Middle Dutch slēde, from Old Dutch *slido, from Proto-Germanic *slidô. ==== Noun ==== slee f (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n) sled, sleigh, wheelless vehicle which glides on land or ice (colloquial) a large/prestigious car Synonym: bolide ===== Alternative forms ===== slede ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: slee → English: sleigh → Papiamentu: slede (dated, from slede) === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch sleeu, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”); cognate to English sloe, and perhaps with Russian сли́ва (slíva, “plum”). ==== Noun ==== slee m (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n) blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Synonym: sleedoorn sloe (fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa) Synonyms: sleedoorn, sleepruim === Etymology 3 === From Middle Dutch slêeu, from Old Dutch *slēw, from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz. Cognate with obsolete German schleh, English slow, Swedish slö. ==== Adjective ==== slee (comparative sleeër, superlative sleest) stiff, cramped blunt sour ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== sleeuw ===== Synonyms ===== stroef bot, stomp wrang, zuur ===== Related terms ===== sleeuwig sleeuwigheid === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== slee inflection of sleeën: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === lees == Middle English == === Verb === slee alternative form of sleen