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skive

verb

Definition of skivenext
as in to shave

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Recent Examples of skive The graduation ceremony and the reception afterward are cute and heartwarming for the grown-ups, bittersweet and mortifying for the kids, who skive off to smoke some of Ed’s high-test weed and have a little Texas Forever moment, toasting their enduring friendships. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skive
  1. shave
  2. shear
  3. whittle
  4. nip
  5. dock
  6. pare
  7. snip
  8. clip
Verb
  • Starting Friday, a cooling trend will shave degrees off daily highs through at least Sunday.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Price is the easy rung One response by the travel industry has been to shave the single supplement.
    — Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of shave
Verb
  • Once inside, they’re restrained, sometimes blindfolded to preserve their sanity, and carefully sheared before being released.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2026
  • As a member of the mint family, horehound has the tendency to spread aggressively, but this can be prevented by shearing the inconspicuous flowers, which is also done to expose the evergreen foliage.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of shear
Verb
  • This year’s effort was initially much broader, but a last-minute deal whittled it down to limit certain local taxes in return for legislators’ dropping a measure that would have required anti-tax measures to meet a two-thirds threshold.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Voters set up races for four Orange County commission seats in November by whittling casts of candidates to two in districts 2, 6, 7 and 8.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of whittle
Verb
  • And nipped any indication that Williams was taunting the 45-year-old coach in the bud.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026
  • One is that the agents should be given legitimate ways to communicate since this way, the researchers can monitor these channels, detect misbehavior, and hopefully nip it in the bud.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of nip
Verb
  • Last year, after signing a $132 million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers following a trade, he was docked another $26,000 for fighting and making an obscene gesture.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The first Chinese cargo ship traveling along the Northern Sea Route is set to dock in England this week, reflecting Beijing’s growing Arctic ambitions, though analysts cast doubt on the venture’s commercial feasibility.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of dock
Verb
  • But not all paring knives are designed the same, some have longer handles, some have narrow blades, some really can’t be sharpened.
    — Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Oil prices paring their Monday gains also took some pressure off stocks.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of pare
Verb
  • To help prevent the fabric around the drawstring hole from fraying, paint a rectangle and snip an opening in the channel as described below.
    — Jodi Levine, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The post was private but was snipped and disseminated on social media before it was deleted less than an hour later.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of snip
Verb
  • Isolating Suzuki’s line-breaking passes demonstrates a tendency to clip the ball out towards the left wing.
    — Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • His short-form video content and public appearances produced a plethora of footage that could easily be clipped, repurposed and remixed, into preexisting memes and trending audios.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of clip

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“Skive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skive. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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