sloth

1. n. Slowness; tardiness. Source: opted

2. n. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness. Source: opted

3. n. Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, 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. Source: opted

4. v. i. To be idle. Source: opted

5. n. a disinclination to work or exert yourself Source: wordnet

6. n. 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 Source: wordnet

7. n. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) Source: wordnet

8. 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. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidæ, 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 (Zoöl.), the koala. -- Sloth animalcule (Zoöl.), a tardigrade. -- Sloth bear (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a loris. To be idle. [Obs.] Gower. Source: webster

9. Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constitutingthe family Bradypodidæ, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have longexserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnishedwith teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail arerudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico. Source: adambom

10. n:100 n. a disinclination to work or exert yourself n. 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 n. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) Source: ecdict

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