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Definition skive
Etymology 1
Probably from French esquiver (“slink away”), from Middle French esquiver (“to escape”), from Spanish esquivar (“to avoid, reject, elude”), from esquivo (“contemptuous, loathsome”), itself from Old French eschiver, of East Germanic origin, from Gothic *?????? (*skiuhs, “afraid, barefaced”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“afraid, frightened”). Cognate with English shy, eschew.
Verb
skive (third-person singular simple present skives, present participle skiving, simple past and past participle skived)
- (Britain, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
Noun
skive (plural skives)
- (Britain, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.
- (Britain, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.
Etymology 2
Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sk?b? (“a shaving; slice”).
Cognate to English shive, German Scheibe (“slice”), Old Norse skífa (“to cut into slices, slice”).
Noun
skive (plural skives)
- A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.
- An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.
Verb
skive (third-person singular simple present skives, present participle skiving, simple past and past participle skived)
- To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.
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