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Definition chive

Etymology 1

From Middle English cyve, from Old French cive, from Latin cepa (“onion”).

Noun

chive (plural chives)

1. A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
2. (in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
3. (obsolete) The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.

Etymology 2

From Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).

Noun

chive (plural chives)

1. (thieves' cant) A knife.
2. (thieves' cant) A file.
3. (thieves' cant) A saw.

Verb

chive (third-person singular simple present chives, present participle chiving, simple past and past participle chived)

1. (thieves' cant) To stab.
2. (thieves' cant) To cut.

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