Associations to the word «Sloth»

SLOTH, noun. (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

SLOTH, noun. (countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.

SLOTH, noun. (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

SLOTH, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To be idle.

SLOTH BEAR, noun. A nocturnal bear, Melursus ursinus, native to South Asia.

SLOTH BEARS, noun. Plural of sloth bear

SLOTH, noun. A disinclination to work or exert yourself.

SLOTH, noun. Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits.

SLOTH, noun. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).