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  Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w
     slow. See Slow.]
     1. Slowness; tardiness.
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              These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor
              This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. --Shak.
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     2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness;
        idleness.
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              [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and
              sloth.                                --Milton.
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              Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
                                                    --Franklin.
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     3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of arboreal
        edentates constituting the family Bradypodid[ae], 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.
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     Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera Bradypus
           and Arctopithecus, of which several species have been
           described. They have three toes on each foot. The
           best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus
           tridactylus), and the ai ({Arctopitheus ai}). The
           two-toed sloths, consisting the genus Cholopus, have
           two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot.
           The best-known is the unau ({Cholopus didactylus) of
           South America. See Unau. Another species ({C.
           Hoffmanni) inhabits Central America. Various large
           extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and
           Mylodon, are often called sloths.
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     Australian sloth, or Native sloth (Zo["o]l.), the koala.
        
  
     Sloth animalcule (Zo["o]l.), a tardigrade.
  
     Sloth bear (Zo["o]l.), a black or brown long-haired bear
        ({Melursus ursinus, or Melursus labiatus), native of
        India and Ceylon; -- called also aswail, labiated
        bear, and jungle bear. It is easily tamed and can be
        taught many tricks.
  
     Sloth monkey (Zo["o]l.), a loris.
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  Sloth \Sloth\, v. i.
     To be idle. [Obs.] --Gower.
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  Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w
     slow. See Slow.]
     1. Slowness; tardiness.
  
              These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This
              dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.    --Shak.
  
     2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness;
        idleness.
  
              [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and
              sloth.                                --Milton.
  
              Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
                                                    --Franklin.
  
     3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of arboreal
        edentates constituting the family Bradypodid[ae], 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.
  
     Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera Bradypus
           and Arctopithecus, of which several species have been
           described. They have three toes on each foot. The
           best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus
           tridactylus), and the ai ({Arctopitheus ai}). The
           two-toed sloths, consisting the genus Cholopus, have
           two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot.
           The best-known is the unau ({Cholopus didactylus) of
           South America. See Unau. Another species ({C.
           Hoffmanni) inhabits Central America. Various large
           extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and
           Mylodon, are often called sloths.
  
     Australian, or Native sloth (Zo["o]l.), the koala.
  
     Sloth animalcule (Zo["o]l.), a tardigrade.
  
     Sloth bear (Zo["o]l.), a black or brown long-haired bear
        ({Melursus ursinus, or labiatus), native of India and
        Ceylon; -- called also aswail, labiated bear, and
        jungle bear. It is easily tamed and can be taught many
        tricks.
  
     Sloth monkey (Zo["o]l.), a loris.

  Sloth \Sloth\, v. i.
     To be idle. [Obs.] --Gower.

  sloth
       n 1: a disinclination to work or exert yourself [syn: slothfulness]
       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 [syn: tree sloth]
       3: apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified
          as one of the deadly sins) [syn: laziness, acedia]

  sloth
     n.
     (lb en uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination
  to action or labour.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete intransitive transitive) To be idle; to idle
  (''away'' time).

  sloth
     n.
     (lb en uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination
  to action or labour.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete intransitive transitive) To be idle; to idle
  (''away'' time).

  sloth
     n.
     (lb en uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination
  to action or labour.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete intransitive transitive) To be idle; to idle
  (''away'' time).

  sloth
     n.
     (lb en uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination
  to action or labour.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete intransitive transitive) To be idle; to idle
  (''away'' time).

  sloth
     Englanti n.
     1 (ei-mon) laiskuus
     2 laiskiainen

  sloth
     Engelska n.
     1 lättja
     2 (tagg kat=däggdjur språk=en) sengångare

  sloth /slˈɒθ/
  ai

  Sloth /slˈɒθ/
  الكسل، حيوان السلوث. حيوان ثديي كسلان

  sloth //slɑθ// //slɒθ// //slɔθ// //sləʊθ// 
  1. мъ́рзел
  laziness
  2. лени́вец, ленивец
  mammal

  sloth /slˈɒθ/ 
  lenochod

  sloth /slˈɒθ/ 
  lenost

  sloth /slˈɒθ/
  Faulheit , Trägheit 
     Synonyms: idleness, laziness, slothfulness
  

  sloth /slˈɒθ/
  Faultier  [zool.]

  sloth //slɑθ// //slɒθ// //slɔθ// //sləʊθ// 
  1. laiskuus
  laziness
  2. laiskiainen
  mammal

  sloth /slˈɒθ/ 
  1. आलस्य
        "Sloth is his habit."

  sloth /slˈɒθ/ 
  1. दक्षिण अमेरिका का ज़ानवर
        "Sloth usually lives in trees and moves very slowly."

  sloth /slˈɒθ/
  lijenost, ljenjivac, nerad, tromost

  sloth /slˈɒθ/
  1. lomhaság
  2. indolencia
  3. dologkerülés
  4. tétlenség
  5. tunyaság
  6. henyélés
  7. lajhár
  8. restség
  9. tespedés
  10. karcsú lórimajom
  11. lustaság
  12. karcsú lóri
  13. munkakerülés
  14. lusta ember
  15. lajhármedve
  16. henyeség
  17. nemtörôdömség
  18. egykarú félmajom
  19. tunyán járó ember
  20. nembánomság

  sloth //slɑθ// //slɒθ// //slɔθ// //sləʊθ// 
  1. kemalasan
  laziness
  2. kukang, kungkang
  mammal

  sloth //slɑθ// //slɒθ// //slɔθ// //sləʊθ// 
  1. 怠惰
  laziness
  2. ナマケモノ, 樹懶
  mammal

  sloth /slouθ/
  1. aai, ai, luiaard, drietenige luiaard

  sloth //slɑθ// //slɒθ// //slɔθ// //sləʊθ// 
  1. latskap, lediggang
  laziness
  2. dovendyr
  mammal

  sloth /sləʊθ/ 
    lenistwo

  sloth /slouθ/
  preguiça

  sloth //slɑθ// //slɒθ// //slɔθ// //sləʊθ// 
  1. lathet, lättja
  laziness
  2. sengångare
  mammal

  sloth /slˈɒθ/
  1. tembellik
  2. Amerika'ya mahsus yakalı tembel hayvan, (zool.) Bradypus.

  Sloth
  Sloth

  
/ˈsɫoʊθ/

  185 Moby Thesaurus words for "sloth":
     Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Primates, Rodentia, accidia, acedia,
     aloofness, anger, apathy, army, ataraxia, ataraxy, avarice,
     avaritia, benumbedness, blah, blahs, boredom, bunch, carelessness,
     casualness, cautiousness, cave of Trophonius, cave of despair,
     circumspection, colony, comatoseness, creeping, deadly sin,
     deliberateness, deliberation, despair, desperateness, desperation,
     despondency, detachment, dilatoriness, disconsolateness,
     disinterest, dispassion, disregard, disregardfulness,
     do-nothingness, drawl, drift, drive, drove, drowsiness, dullness,
     easygoingness, enervation, ennui, envy, ergophobia, faineancy,
     faineantise, fatigue, flock, foot-dragging, forlornness, gam, gang,
     gluttony, greed, gula, heartlessness, heaviness, hebetude,
     heedlessness, herd, hoboism, hopelessness, host, idleness, idling,
     inanimation, inappetence, inattention, inattentiveness,
     incuriosity, indifference, indiscrimination, indolence, inertia,
     inertness, inexcitability, inexertion, insouciance, invidia, ira,
     jadedness, just being, kennel, lack of affect, lack of appetite,
     lackadaisicalness, laggardness, languidness, languishment, languor,
     languorousness, lassitude, laze, laziness, lazing, leisureliness,
     lenitude, lentitude, lentor, lethargicalness, lethargy,
     lifelessness, listlessness, litter, loafing, lotus-eating, lust,
     luxuria, mere existence, mere tropism, mindlessness, negligence,
     no exit, no way, no way out, nonchalance, numbness, oscitancy,
     pack, passiveness, passivity, phlegm, phlegmaticalness,
     phlegmaticness, plucklessness, pococurantism, pod, pokiness, pride,
     recklessness, regardlessness, reluctance, remissness, resignation,
     resignedness, satedness, school, shiftlessness, shoal, skulk,
     slackness, sleepiness, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggardy,
     sluggishness, somnolence, sopor, soporifousness, spiritlessness,
     spring fever, spunklessness, stagnation, stupefaction, stupor,
     superbia, supineness, tentativeness, torpidity, torpidness,
     torpitude, torpor, trip, troop, unanxiousness, unconcern,
     unmindfulness, unsolicitousness, vagrancy, vegetation, weariness,
     withdrawnness, world-weariness, wrath
  
  

  n. 怠惰,懒惰,懒;

     n. 怠惰,懒惰