skive

American  

[skahyv] / skaɪv /

verb (used with object)

skives, present (3rd person singular) skived, past participle, past skiving present participle

1. to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices.

2. to shave, as hides.

3. to finish the turning of (a metal object) by feeding a tool against it tangentially.

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skive ¹ British  

/ skaɪv /

verb

1. (tr) to shave or remove the surface of (leather)

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skive ² British  

/ skaɪv /

verb

1. informal to evade (work or responsibility)

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Other Word Forms

Conjugated Forms

Present

• has skived
  perfect 3rd person singular
• have skived
  perfect
• am skiving
  progressive 1st person singular
• is skiving
  progressive 3rd person singular
• are skiving
  progressive
• skives
  singular 3rd person
• have been skiving
  perfect progressive
• has been skiving
  perfect progressive 3rd person singular
• skiving
  participle

Past

• had skived
  perfect
• was skiving
  progressive singular
• skived
  participle
• were skiving
  progressive plural
• skived
  simple
• had been skiving
  perfect progressive

Future

• will skive
  simple
• will have skived
  perfect
• will be skiving
  progressive
• will have been skiving
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of skive

1815–25; perhaps < Old Norse skīfa slice

Related Words

• cut back
• cut down
• decrease
• lower
• mark down
• prune
• reduce
• scrape
• shave
• slash