Associations to the word «Sleuth»

Wiktionary

SLEUTH, noun. (obsolete) An animal’s trail or track.
SLEUTH, noun. (archaic) A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
SLEUTH, noun. A detective.
SLEUTH, verb. (intransitive) (transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime.
SLEUTH, noun. (obsolete) (uncountable) Slowness; laziness, sloth.
SLEUTH, noun. (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

Dictionary definition

SLEUTH, noun. A detective who follows a trail.
SLEUTH, verb. Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.