sloth – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
sloth
n.
laziness, aversion to work or strenuous activity; slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal native to South and Central America
Sloth
sloth
Noun
1. a disinclination to work or exert yourself
(synonym) slothfulness
(hypernym) reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
2. any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
(synonym) tree sloth
(hypernym) edentate
(hyponym) three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus tridactylus
(member-holonym) Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae
3. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
(synonym) laziness, acedia
(hypernym) mortal sin, deadly sin
Sloth
(v. i.)
To be idle.
(n.)
Slowness; tardiness.
(n.)
Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.
(n.)
Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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