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sloth (slôt̸h, slät̸h; also, and chiefly Brit, slōt̸h)

noun

  1. disinclination to work or exert oneself; indolence; laziness; idleness
  2. Now Rare slowness; delay
    1. any of a family (Bradypodidae) of slow-moving, tree-dwelling edentate mammals of tropical Central and South America that hang, back down, from branches and feed on fruits and vegetation, including a three-toed species (genus Bradypus) and a two-toed species (genus Choloepus)
    2. any of various families of extinct, ground-dwelling edentate mammals

Etymology: ME slouthe < slou, slow, used for older slewthe, sleuthe < OE slæwth, sloth < slaw, slow: see slow & -th

sloth Synonyms

sloth

n.

lethargy, torpidity, indolence; see laziness.

sloth Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Included dive gear sloths and iguanas are well tended.
  • see: We may see sloths en route and there is always a plethora of amazingly colored birds flying around us.
  • imagine: Imagine a sloth hanging from all four legs on a horizontal branch.
  • allow: These allow the sloth to retain the little warmth it creates through its metabolic processes.

Adjective modifier

  • three-toed: Our view is that you will get more from a dog, or indeed a baby three-toed sloth than from a cetacean.
  • two-toed: Having found such a prize we were then shown a Two-toed Sloth hanging upside down in the next tree.
  • giant: Behavior The oddly balanced anatomy and massive claws of the giant ground sloths gave them a strange walk.
  • toed: Sent by Alexandra Sabra a 3 toed sloth, and a lion. a lazy lie in.
  • spiritual: Tutivillus played a part in a set of stories centering around the effects of the sin of acedia ( spiritual sloth ).
  • intellectual: Mig has to overcome real terror and the sort of intellectual sloth induced by the role Aunt Maria has thrust upon her.

Modifies a noun

  • toucan: Monkeys sloths toucans sailing vessel's storage who will be last bus to.
  • bear: A total of 8 rhino and 2 sloth bear!
  • moth: In this way the slowness of the sloth serves these most " slothful " of sloth moths!

Noun used with modifier

  • monkey: Monkeys sloths toucans sailing vessel's storage who will be last bus to.
  • ground: False 9. The Ground sloths lived in the western hemisphere.
  • tree: Although related to modern tree sloths, they lived on the ground and rivaled the mammoths in size.
  • sleeping: In your travels, you run into various objects ( a giggling robot, a sleeping sloth ) as well as other characters.

Possessives

  • stomach: The sloth's stomach is always filled with partially digested leaves.
  • fur: And like the tree bark, the sloth's fur is teeming with insect life.

Preposition: in

tree: We were pleased to find a two-toed sloth in the other large tree.

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