Associations to the word «Sile»

SILE, proper noun. Alternative spelling of Sheila

SILE, noun. (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.

SILE, noun. (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.

SILE, noun. (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.

SILE, noun. (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.

SILE, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.

SILE, verb. (intransitive) (UK dialectal) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.

SILE, verb. (intransitive) (UK dialectal) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.

SILE, verb. (intransitive) (UK dialectal) To go; pass.

SILE, verb. (intransitive) (UK dialectal) To boil gently; simmer.

SILE, verb. (intransitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) To pour with rain.

SILE, noun. A sieve.

SILE, noun. A strainer or colander for liquids;

SILE, noun. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.

SILE, noun. A young herring.