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skive

[ skahyv ]
/ skaɪv /
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verb (used with object), skived, skiv·ing.

to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices.
to shave, as hides.
to finish the turning of (a metal object) by feeding a tool against it tangentially.

RELATED WORDS

shave, lower, prune, reduce, scrape, decrease, slash, shorten, shear, snip, trim, mow, slice, rip, carve, curtail, divide, cut, clip, flay

Nearby words

  1. skittish,
  2. skittishly,
  3. skittle,
  4. skittle out,
  5. skittles,
  6. skiver,
  7. skivvies,
  8. skivvy,
  9. skiwear,
  10. sklent

Origin of skive

1815–25; perhaps < Old Norse skīfa slice
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British Dictionary definitions for skive

skive

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/ (skaɪv) /

verb

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

Word Origin for skive

C19: from Old Norse skifa; related to English dialect shive a slice of bread

verb

(when intr, often foll by off) British informal to evade (work or responsibility)

Word Origin for skive

C20: of unknown origin
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