sloo
English
Alternative forms
- slue
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
sloo (plural sloos)
- A slough; a run or wet place.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sloo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Loos, OOLs, Oslo, loos, solo, sool
Manx
Alternative forms
- s'loo
Etymology
Compound of s' (particle used to introduce the superlative form of adjectives) + loo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sluː/
Adjective
sloo
- superlative degree of beg (“small, few”)
- T'eh ny sloo ny kishtey arran ― It is smaller than a box of bread.
- Ny sloo na blein ny yei e vaase. ― Within a year of his death. (literally, “Smaller than a year after his death.”)
Westrobothnian
Verb
sloo
- Alternative spelling of slo
Noun
sloo
- Alternative spelling of slo