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sloth
(slôth, slŏth, slōth)n.1. Aversion to work or exertion; laziness; indolence.
2. What Is A Sloth Animal
Any of various slow-moving, arboreal mammals of the suborder Folivora of South and Central America, having long hooklike claws by which they hang upside down from tree branches, and feeding on leaves, buds, and fruit, especially:a. A member of the genus Bradypus, having three long-clawed toes on each forefoot. Also called ai, three-toed sloth.
b. A member of the genus Choloepus, having two toes on each forefoot. Also called two-toed sloth, unau.
[Middle English slowth, alteration (influenced by slow, slow) of sleuth, from Old English slǣwth, from slāw, obtuse, torpid, sluggish; see slow. Sense 2, translation of Portuguese preguiça, laziness, sloth (animal of the suborder Folivora).]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
sloth
(sləʊθ) n1. (Animals) any of several shaggy-coated arboreal edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae, esp Bradypus tridactylus (three-toed sloth or ai) or Choloepus didactylus (two-toed sloth or unau), of Central and South America. They are slow-moving, hanging upside down by their long arms and feeding on vegetation
[Old English slǣwth; from slǣw, variant of slāw slow]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
sloth
(slɔθ or, esp. for 2, sloʊθ) 
n.
2. any slow-moving, arboreal tropical American edentate of the family Bradypodidae, having hooklike claws and usu. hanging upside down.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Sloth
of bears: a company of bears—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
| Noun | 1. | sloth - a disinclination to work or exert yourself disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance - a certain degree of unwillingness; 'a reluctance to commit himself'; 'his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition'; 'after some hesitation he agreed' |
| 2. | sloth - 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 edentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae - a family of edentates comprising the true sloths Bradypus tridactylus, three-toed sloth, ai - a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot Choloepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unai, unau - relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot Choloepus hoffmanni, two-toed sloth, unai, unau - a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot | |
| 3. | sloth - apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; 'theologians list seven mortal sins' |
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sloth
nounlaziness, inactivity, idleness, inertia, torpor, sluggishness, slackness, indolence, slothfulness, faineanceI judged him guilty of sloth.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
sloth
nounThe quality or state of being lazy:idleness, indolence, laziness, shiftlessness, slothfulness, sluggardness, sluggishness.
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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sloth
[sləʊθ]N2. (Zool) → osomperezoso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sloth
[ˈsləʊθ]n (= animal) → paresseuxm
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sloth
n(Zool) → Faultiernt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sloth
[sləʊθ]nSloth Animal Meaning
b. (Zool) → bradipo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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