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skive 1
(skīv)tr.v. skived, skiv·ing, skives
To cut thin layers off (leather or rubber, for example); pare.
[Of Scandinavian origin; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
skive 2
(skīv)intr.v. skived, skiv·ing, skives Chiefly British Slang
To avoid work or duty; shirk.
[Perhaps from French esquiver, to dodge (from Spanish, esquivar or Italian, eschivare, both ultimately of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scēoh, shy) or from English dialectal skive, to move quickly.]
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skive
(skaɪv)vb
(Tanning) (tr) to shave or remove the surface of (leather)
[C19: from Old Norse skifa; related to English dialect shive a slice of bread]
skive
(skaɪv)vb
informal (when: intr, often foll by off) Brit to evade (work or responsibility)
[C20: of unknown origin]
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skive
(skaɪv)v.t. skived, skiv•ing.
1. to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices.
2. to shave, as hides.
[1815–25; probably < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse skīfa slice]
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skive
Past participle: skived
Gerund: skiving
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| Verb | 1. | skive - remove the surface of; "skive leather" shave - touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing" |
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skive
verb (Brit. informal) slack, idle, shirk, dodge, skulk, malinger, swing the lead, gold-brick (U.S. slang), bob off (Brit. slang), bludge (Austral. & N.Z. informal), scrimshank (Brit. military slang) The company treated me as though I were skiving.
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Translations
ulít se z práce
pjække
lintsata
zabušavati
仕事をサボる
의무를 저버리다
skolka
หนีงาน
trốn tránh trách nhiệm
skive
[skaɪv] (Brit)A. VI (= not work) → gandulear, haraganear; (= disappear) → escabullirse, escaquearse, rajarse (LAm)
skive off
A. VI + ADV (Brit) (= not work) → gandulear, haraganear; (= disappear) → escabullirse, escaquearse, rajarse (LAm)
B. VI + PREP to skive off school → hacer novillos, hacer la rabona
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skive
(Brit inf)n to be on the skive → blaumachen (inf); (from school etc) → schwänzen (inf); to have a good skive → sich (dat) → einen schönen Tag machen (inf), → sich vor der Arbeit drücken
vi → blaumachen (inf); (from school etc) → schwänzen (inf)
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skive
→ يَهْجُرُ ulít se z práce pjække drücken (sich) λουφάρω faltar a clase, gandulear lintsata tirer au flanc zabušavati schivare 仕事をサボる 의무를 저버리다 drukken (zich) splitte lenić się baldar-se, evitar trabalhar увиливать skolka หนีงาน kaytarmak trốn tránh trách nhiệm 逃避劳动Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009