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
  • 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
  • Second, victims of higher taxes don’t stand still and get sheared like obedient sheep.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of sheared
Verb
  • Amazon trimmed jobs in its artificial intelligence group, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 22 July 2026
  • Single bamboo stakes, wooden tomato sticks, or even trimmed tree branches all work well (as do single metal posts).
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • Hamilton, minding his own business, had nowhere to go, and Russell clipped him and then spun into the gravel trap.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
  • The Briton was trying to overtake Hamilton around the outside when the Ferrari clipped the rear of his Mercedes and sent him spinning into the gravel.
    — Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of clipped
Verb
  • Post-report gains have historically pared back the further one gets into a business cycle, Gordon said.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • Sweetgreen and Yum pared those losses by the close of trading, with Yum closing up slightly for the day.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
Definition of pared
Verb
  • The versatile crewneck top is cropped above the hips and has thumbholes.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026
  • Thus the image is both cropped at the top and bottom and blown up in a way that increases the grain and softness.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 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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