different between masticate vs sloe

English

Etymology

From the past participle stem of post-Classical Latin mastic? (“I chew”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (mastikhá?, “I grind the teeth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæst?ke?t/

Verb

masticate (third-person singular simple present masticates, present participle masticating, simple past and past participle masticated)

1. (transitive) To chew (food).

2. (transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.

Translations

See also

• mastic
• masticable
• mastication
• masticator
• masticatory

Anagrams

• catamites

Interlingua

Participle

masticate

1. past participle of masticar

Italian

Verb

masticate

1. second-person plural present of masticare

Participle

masticate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of masticare

Anagrams

• mesticata

Latin

Verb

mastic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mastic?

English

Etymology

From Middle English slo, sla, slagh, from Old English sl?h, from Proto-Germanic *slaih?, *slaihw?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh?y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sl??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?slo?/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: slow

Noun

sloe (plural sloes)

1. The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
   • 1796, Zoonomia, or, the Laws of Organic Life, by Erasmus Darwin, part II.I.I.III

     There is also a dryness in the mouth from the increased action of the absorbent vessels, when a sloe or a crab-apple are masticated...

   • 1872, The Snow Queen by H. C. Andersen, translation by Paull:

     The dew-drops fell like water, leaf after leaf dropped from the trees, the sloe-thorn alone still bore fruit, but the sloes were sour, and set the teeth on edge. Oh, how dark and weary the whole world appeared!
2. The tree Prunus spinosa.
3. Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.

Derived terms

• sloe gin
• sloe-eyed

Translations

Anagrams

• EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, Lose, OELs, Sole, elos, leos, lose, selo, sole

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (verb): sloa (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse slóði m.

Noun

sloe m (definite singular sloen, indefinite plural sloar, definite plural sloane)

1. a bunch of branches or small trees that one drags after one self (to haul hey, sweep away snow, or used as a break)
2. a lazy person, a good-for-nothing, a n'er-do-well

Verb

sloe (present tense sloar, past tense sloa, past participle sloa, passive infinitive sloast, present participle sloande, imperative slo)

1. (transitive) to drag
2. (intransitive) to be lazy

References

• “sloe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lose, sole