sloth Definition
sloth (slôt̸h, slät̸h; also, and chiefly Brit, slōt̸h)
noun
- disinclination to work or exert oneself; indolence; laziness; idleness
- Now Rare slowness; delay
- 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)
- 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 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.
Browse dictionary entries near sloth
- ‹ slotback
- ‹ slot machine
- ‹ slot car
- ‹ slot
- ‹ sloshed
- ‹ slosh
- ‹ slopwork
- ‹ slops
- ‹ sloppy Joe
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