sloth (slôth, sl th, sl th)n. 1. Aversion to work or exertion; laziness; indolence. 2. Any of various slow-moving, arboreal, edentate mammals of the family Bradypodidae of South and Central America, having long hooklike claws by which they hang upside down from tree branches and feeding on leaves, buds, and fruits, especially: a. A member of the genus Bradypus, having three long-clawed toes on each forefoot. Also called ai1, three-toed sloth. b. A member of the genus Choloepus, having two toes on each forefoot. Also called two-toed sloth, unau. 3. A company of bears. See Synonyms at flock1. [Middle English slowth, from slow, slow; see slow.] |
sloth [sləʊθ]
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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
2. reluctance to work or exert oneself
[Old English slǣwth; from slǣw, variant of slāw slow]
Sloth of bears: a company of bears—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.
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| 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 fruitsedentate - 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" |
sloth
noun laziness, inactivity, idleness, inertia, torpor, sluggishness, slackness, indolence, slothfulness, faineance I judged him guilty of sloth.
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