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Answer for the clue ""Sleep that knits up the ravell'd ___ of care": Shakespeare ", 6 letters:
sleave

Alternative clues for the word sleave

Silken thread
" . . . ravell'd ___ of care": Macbeth
Shakespeare's "___of care"
" . . . the ravel'd ___ of care"
Small silk thread
"The ravel'd ___ of care"
Filament of silk
"The ravell'd __ of care": Shak
" . . . the ravel'd ___ of care": Macbeth

Word definitions for sleave in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. 2 Silk not yet twisted; floss. vb. (context weaving English) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

Usage examples of sleave.

I forget how the subject arose, but I remember Jeeves once saying that sleep knits up the ravelled sleave of care.