Associations to the word «Sile»

Wiktionary

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.

Wise words

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Leo Tolstoy