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Definition sile

Etymology 1

From Middle English syle, from Old English s?l (“column, pillar, support”), from Proto-Germanic *s?liz (“beam, post, column, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *?sewl-, *?swel- (“log”), from *?sew-, *?es- (“to scratch, comb”). Cognate with Dutch zuil (“pillar”), German Säule (“column, pillar”), Norwegian sul (“pillar”), Icelandic súla (“column”), Gothic ????? (sauls, “pillar”).

Noun

sile (plural siles)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A column; pillar.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
  3. (now chiefly dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
  4. (now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.

Etymology 2

From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter, strain"; > Low German silen, sielen), equivalent to sie (“to filter, strain”) +‎ -le. Cognate with German sielen (“let off water, filter”), Swedish sila (“to strain, filter, sift”), German Siel (“drain, sewer, sluice”).

Verb

sile (third-person singular simple present siles, present participle siling, simple past and past participle siled)

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

sile (plural siles)

  1. A sieve.
  2. A strainer or colander for liquids
  3. That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.

Etymology 3

From Middle English *sile, from Old Norse síl (“herring”), from Proto-Germanic *s?l?, *s?l? (“herring”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Icelandic síld (“herring”), Norwegian and Danish sild (“herring”), dialectal Swedish sil (“young fish, fry”). Compare sild.

Noun

sile (plural siles)

  1. A young herring.

Results 306 Words with the letters SILE

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6 letter words with the letters SILE 
ABSEIL 10
ALKIES 11
ALSIKE 11
BELIES 10
BEZILS 19
BIBLES 13
BIELDS 11
BILGES 12
BIRLES 10
BLITES 10
CHIELS 12
CHILES 12
CHISEL 12
CLEVIS 14
CLIMES 13
CLINES 11
COLIES 10
DEVILS 12
DISPEL 11
ELEMIS 10
ELFINS 11
ELFISH 12
ELVISH 13
ERVILS 11
ESPIAL 10
EXILES 14
FALSIE 10
FELIDS 11
FIELDS 11
FILERS 10
FILETS 10
FILLES 11
FILOSE 10
FLIERS 10
FLIEST 10
FLITES 10
FUSILE 11
GIMELS 12
GLIDES 10
GLIMES 12
GUILES 10
ILEXES 14
IMPELS 13
INGLES 10
INKLES 12
ITSELF 10
IXTLES 14
KELIMS 14
KEVILS 15
LAZIES 16
LEVIES 11
LEVINS 12
LIBELS 11
LIBERS 10
LICHES 12
LIFERS 10
LIKENS 12
LIKERS 11
LIKEST 11
LIMENS 11
LIMEYS 12
LINSEY 10
LIPASE 10
LISPED 11
LISPER 10
LIVENS 12
LIVERS 11
LIVEST 11
LIVRES 11
LYSINE 10
MAILES 10
MESIAL 10
MILERS 10
MILLES 11
MISLED 11
MISLIE 10
MISSEL 10
MOLIES 10
MUESLI 11
OLIVES 11
PELVIS 14
PENSIL 11
PERILS 10
PILEUS 11
PILOSE 10
PIXELS 17
PLIERS 10
PLISSE 10
POLEIS 10
RELICS 10
RIFLES 10
SAMIEL 10
SEXILY 16
SHIELD 10
SICKLE 14
SILKED 12
SILKEN 12
SILVAE 11
SILVER 11
SILVEX 18
SIMILE 10
SIMNEL 11
SIMPLE 13
SINGLE 10
SIZZLE 25
SLEIGH 11
SLICED 11
SLICER 10
SLICES 10
SLIMED 11
SLIMES 10
SLIPED 11
SLIPES 10
SLIVER 11
SLUICE 11
SMILED 11
SMILER 10
SMILES 10
SMILEY 12
SNIVEL 12
SPEILS 10
SPIELS 10
SPILED 11
SPILES 10
SPINEL 11
SPLICE 13
SPLINE 11
STELIC 10
STIFLE 10
STIPEL 10
SWIPLE 13
SWIVEL 14
UGLIES 10
VALISE 11
VEXILS 18
VILEST 11
VOILES 11
WALIES 10
WHILES 12
WIELDS 11
WISELY 12
YIELDS 10
5 letter words with the letters SILE 
4 letter words with the letters SILE 
ISLE 5
LEIS 5
LIES 5
3 letter words with the letters SILE 
ELS 4
LEI 4
LIE 4
LIS 4
SEI 3
SEL 4
2 letter words with the letters SILE 
EL 3
ES 2
IS 2
LI 3
SI 2

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