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sile

Pronunciation: /saɪl/

The English word “sile” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A column; pillar.
  2. A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
  3. The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
  4. A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
  5. A sieve.
  6. A strainer or colander for liquids
  7. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
  8. A young herring.

verb

  1. To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
  2. To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
  3. To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
  4. To go; pass.
  5. To boil gently; simmer.
  6. To pour with rain.

Etymology

From Middle English syle, from Old English sȳl (“column, pillar, support”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“beam, post, column, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-, *ḱswel- (“log”), from *ḱsew-, *ḱes- (“to scratch, comb”). Cognate with Dutch zuil (“pillar”), German Säule (“column, pillar”), Norwegian søyle (“pillar”), Icelandic súla (“column”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃…

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