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
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  • While this isn’t limited to Apple’s own devices, the newest iPhone models will definitely carry the biggest value and shave the most off your new Duo.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Like almost winning a race, almost shaving a second off my time for the 3200m run, my event in high school, the one that got me into college, a recruit for someone else to gamble on.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shave
Verb
  • If conditions are dry, the foliage will begin to yellow and can be sheared to the crown.
    — Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Once inside, they’re restrained, sometimes blindfolded to preserve their sanity, and carefully sheared before being released.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of shear
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  • Someone set the arbitrary number at ten, and the whole point of the exercise is to whittle the list down to ten.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The new company is saddled with nearly $80 billion in debt and has pledged to whittle it down along with delivering $6 billion in cost savings.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of whittle
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  • One day a duck zinged out of the river, nipped at his Mini-Whopper.
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Begin the gauntlet against the Hoosiers, who nipped the Buckeyes 13-10 in last season's Big Ten championship.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of nip
Verb
  • After the shuttle left, astronauts used the space station's robotic arm to move the shuttle docking port out of the way at the Destiny module.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The SpaceX plan The biggest ask SpaceX engineers had in meetings with NASA in early 2026 was removing the requirement to dock with Orion in a near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dock
Verb
  • Conservative lawyer Michael Edney cast the move in a long line of other attempts to pare back statutes from that era.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Featuring a sleek black column skirt and minimalist stilettos, the look, while pared-back, was far from boring thanks to a creamy sleeveless top with a voluminous feather-like hem.
    — Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of pare
Verb
  • The janitor resumed steadily snipping the bushes with her shears.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Start by snipping the oldest leaves, and let the newer ones continue to grow.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of snip
Verb
  • Their participation builds your credibility by association and recordings can be clipped into social content that extends your reach, especially when guests share it too.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • TikTok hosts similar footage, albeit clipped for vertical video and treated with title cards.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of clip

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“Skive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skive. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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