Plural of sloth
regular plural
The plural of sloth is sloths.
Forms of sloth
| Singular | sloth /sləʊθ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sloths /slɑθs/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Sloths in a sentence
- The best now pay danegeld to the sloths, the greedy, the manipulators.1989, Irwin M. Ryan, The Last Congress, Remco, →ISBN. From the entry danegeld
- The tree sloths of the South American forests are among the oddest of mammalian types.1933, Alfred Sherwood Romer, chapter 9, in Man and the Vertebrates, 2nd edition, University of Chicago Press, published 1937, page 206. From the entry lichenous
- Two sloths have also died at the Las Vegas SeaQuest.2024 September 7, Melena Ryzik, “Should You Hug a Sloth?”, in The New York Times. From the entry diggable
- The Koala of Australia with its elongated cecum, and many species of primates, sloths, and the pandas are noteworthy folivores.2007, George A. Feldhamer et al., Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, →ISBN. From the entry folivore
Meaning of sloth
- noun Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness.
- noun Any member of species of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae of herbivorous, arboreal South American mammals, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
- noun Any of the extinct group of ground sloths.
Questions about the plural of sloth
- What is the plural of sloth?
- The plural of sloth is sloths.
- Is sloth countable?
- Sloth is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
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