sloth
21sloth — UK [sləʊθ] / US [sloʊθ] / US [slɑθ] noun Word forms sloth : singular sloth plural sloths 1) [countable] an animal that lives in trees and moves very slowly. It lives in South and Central America. 2) [uncountable] mainly literary lazy behaviour …
22sloth — noun 1 (C) an animal of Central and South America that moves very slowly, has grey fur, and lives in trees 2 (U) formal laziness: combination of sloth and boredom …
23sloth — noun who is responsible for the sloth of this department? Syn: laziness, idleness, indolence, slothfulness, inactivity, inertia, sluggishness, shiftlessness, apathy, acedia, listlessness, lassitude, lethargy, languor, torpidity; literary hebetude …
24sloth — ; acedia Sloth (from Middle English for inactive ) or acedia (from the Greek akēdeia, meaning indifference ) refers to a sinful lack of either physical or spiritual effort and is considered a capital sin. (See CCC 1866, 2094, 2733) …
25sloth — n. 1 laziness or indolence; reluctance to make an effort. 2 any slow moving nocturnal mammal of the family Bradypodidae or Megalonychidae of S. America, having long limbs and hooked claws for hanging upside down from branches of trees. Phrases… …
26Sloth bear — Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene – Recent Francois [1] a sloth bear in captivity at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington …
27Sloth (disambiguation) — Sloth may refer to: *The Sloth, a South American mammal *The Ground sloth, several extinct species related to the above mammal. *Sloth (deadly sin), one of the seven deadly sins, meaning spiritual apathy *Sloth (band) *Sloth, a deformed man in… …
28Sloth animalcule — Sloth Sloth, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. [1913 Webster] These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Disinclination to… …
29Sloth bear — Sloth Sloth, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. [1913 Webster] These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Disinclination to… …
30Sloth monkey — Sloth Sloth, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. [1913 Webster] These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Disinclination to… …
