sleech
sleech noun: thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
Noun
sleech (countable and uncountable, plural sleeches)
- Thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
- A soft, unstable mixture of mud and clay beneath Belfast, which is known for being difficult to build on.
- The physical nature and engineering properties of the sleech have made it desirable to investigate each site before piling.1970, Manning, P. I., Geology of Belfast and the Lagan Valley, H.M. Stationery Off., page 147
Verb
sleech (third-person singular simple present sleeches, present participle sleeching, simple past and past participle sleeched)
Forms of sleech
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sleeches |
| alternative verb | sleach |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sleeches |
| present participle | sleeching |
| past participle | sleeched |
| past | sleeched |
Origin of sleech
From Middle English sliche, a variant of slicche, from Old English *sliċ (“mud, sludge”), from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz (“mud, slush”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg- (“to slide, be slippery”). Doublet of slitch and sludge.
Words formed from sleech
Questions about sleech
- What does sleech mean?
- Sleech means thick, soft mud that was left behind by flowing water, usually alongside riverbeds or shorelines.
- What part of speech is sleech?
- Sleech can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of sleech?
- The plural of sleech is sleeches.
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