Synonymer

Uttal

  • RP:
    • IPA: /sljuːθ/
  • US:

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (obsolete) An animal’s trail or track.
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) Slowness; laziness, sloth.
  3. (archaic) A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
  4. (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.
  5. A detective.

Verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime.

Exempel

  • Do ye want me to become a sleuth, or engage detectives to track the objects of your erroneous philanthropy?
  • We must discover where he lives, what he does — sleuth him, in fact!
  • As quietly as if I were practicing to join a sleuth of bears, I crept out the door and went on home, eventually winding up in the garage…
  • If these dainty adventurers weren’t being chased by a sleuth of bears or bogeys, they were being captured by Gypsies or thieves.
  • From the darkness came the howls of routs of wolves and bands of coyotes, the rumbling growls of a sleuth of bears or the bugles of a gang of elk.
  • If these dainty adventurers weren't being chased by a sleuth of bears or bogeys, they were being captured by Gypsies or thieves.

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipsleuthed
Imperfektsleuthed
Presensparticipsleuthing
Pluralsleuths
Tredje person singular indicativ presenssleuths

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