skived

verb

past tense of skive
as in shaved

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skived
  1. shaved
  2. sheared
  3. trimmed
  4. clipped
  5. pared
  6. cropped
  7. bobbed
  8. pruned
Verb
  • Joe Mack shaved the Marlins’ deficit to 5-3 with a two-run homer off AJ Blubaugh in the seventh, his ninth home run of the season and second of the series.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Giffords was hooked up to tubes and monitors, and her head was shaved.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of shaved
Verb
  • Cotton/polyester fleece are brushed, sheared and sueded for a buttery soft hand feel.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
  • The force of the crash sheared the seatbelt Miller was wearing, and he was thrown from the vehicle.
    — Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of sheared
Verb
  • Planners trimmed the project's scope to a height of 317 feet and 752 hotel rooms, down from the original proposal of 406 feet and 874 rooms, according to industry publication NVBEX.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
  • The Wuthering Heights actress stunned in a flowy butter yellow silk tank top, which featured micro yellow straps and was trimmed with ornate white eyelet lace along the neckline and hemline.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 26 July 2026
Definition of trimmed
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  • The second worker was clipped in the jaw by a misfiring nail gun.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The busy section of road had been closed since July 13, when a truck traveling east clipped the underside of the span.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2026
Definition of clipped
Verb
  • Sparkling yet simple, Gerber’s dress eschewed 1980s high glam for a look that was pared back yet still glamorous enough to evoke the decade.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
  • Ashley Basile’s spare set—table and chairs, green couch—quietly evokes lives pared down to their bare essentials.
    — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Definition of pared
Verb
  • For denim, a great option is the high rise cropped straight leg pair from Ana & Bow — a lightweight, breathable white jean with a high-rise, waist-defining fit — paired with a pastel top, or a navy or red piece for contrast.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The versatile crewneck top is cropped above the hips and has thumbholes.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026
Definition of cropped
Verb
  • One afternoon as a rookie, listening to coaches drone on in a dark room with film cutups flashing in front of them, his head bobbed.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Six young women — hair fashionably bobbed, shins covered by knee-high socks — posed in dark, modest swimming suits in the tiled abyss of an empty swimming pool.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of bobbed
Verb
  • New roses should be pruned lightly during their first year, as this allows for the healthiest growth possible.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 July 2026
  • But this year the shrub and tree forms, pruned and unpruned, are full of colorful clusters of blooms.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
Definition of pruned
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