单词 | skive |
释义 | skive[ skahyv ] / skaɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR skive ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of skive1815–25; perhaps <Old Norse skīfa slice Words nearby skiveskitter, skittery, skittish, skittle, skittle out, skive, skiver, skivvy, skiwear, sklent, skoal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for skive (1 of 2)skive1 / (skaɪv) / verb(tr) to shave or remove the surface of (leather) Word Origin for skiveC19: from Old Norse skifa; related to English dialect shive a slice of bread British Dictionary definitions for skive (2 of 2)skive2 / (skaɪv) / verb(when intr, often foll by off) British informal to evade (work or responsibility) Word Origin for skiveC20: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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