Meaning of "skive" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SKIVE

From Old Norse skifa; related to English dialect shive a slice of bread.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SKIVE

skive  [skaɪv]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKIVE

Skive is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb skive in English.

WHAT DOES SKIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Skive

Skive may refer to: ▪ Skiving, the thinning of a piece of leather using a sharp tool ▪ Skive, to cut into thin layers ▪ Skive, a place in Denmark ▪ Skiving off, a British term for slacking or truancy.

Definition of skive in the English dictionary

The definition of skive in the dictionary is to shave or remove the surface of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SKIVE

PRESENT

Present

I skive

you skive

he/she/it skives

we skive

you skive

they skive

Present continuous

I am skiving

you are skiving

he/she/it is skiving

we are skiving

you are skiving

they are skiving

Present perfect

I have skived

you have skived

he/she/it has skived

we have skived

you have skived

they have skived

Present perfect continuous

I have been skiving

you have been skiving

he/she/it has been skiving

we have been skiving

you have been skiving

they have been skiving

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I skived

you skived

he/she/it skived

we skived

you skived

they skived

Past continuous

I was skiving

you were skiving

he/she/it was skiving

we were skiving

you were skiving

they were skiving

Past perfect

I had skived

you had skived

he/she/it had skived

we had skived

you had skived

they had skived

Past perfect continuous

I had been skiving

you had been skiving

he/she/it had been skiving

we had been skiving

you had been skiving

they had been skiving

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will skive

you will skive

he/she/it will skive

we will skive

you will skive

they will skive

Future continuous

I will be skiving

you will be skiving

he/she/it will be skiving

we will be skiving

you will be skiving

they will be skiving

Future perfect

I will have skived

you will have skived

he/she/it will have skived

we will have skived

you will have skived

they will have skived

Future perfect continuous

I will have been skiving

you will have been skiving

he/she/it will have been skiving

we will have been skiving

you will have been skiving

they will have been skiving

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would skive

you would skive

he/she/it would skive

we would skive

you would skive

they would skive

Conditional continuous

I would be skiving

you would be skiving

he/she/it would be skiving

we would be skiving

you would be skiving

they would be skiving

Conditional perfect

I would have skive

you would have skive

he/she/it would have skive

we would have skive

you would have skive

they would have skive

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been skiving

you would have been skiving

he/she/it would have been skiving

we would have been skiving

you would have been skiving

they would have been skiving

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you skive
we let´s skive
you skive

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to skive

Past participle

skived

Present Participle

skiving

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SKIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «skive» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of skive

bludge · dodge · idle · malinger · scrimshank · shirk · skulk · slack · swing the lead

TRANSLATION OF SKIVE

Find out the translation of skive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of skive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skive» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 逃避劳动
• Translator English - Spanish: gandulear
• English: skive
• Translator English - Hindi: ढिलाई से काम करना
• Translator English - Arabic: يَهْجُرُ
• Translator English - Russian: увиливать
• Translator English - Portuguese: evitar trabalhar
• Translator English - Bengali: কৌশলে এড়াইয়া যাত্তয়া
• Translator English - French: tirer au flanc
• Translator English - Malay: Skive
• Translator English - German: drücken (sich)
• Translator English - Japanese: 仕事をサボる
• Translator English - Korean: 의무를 저버리다
• Translator English - Javanese: Skive
• Translator English - Vietnamese: trốn tránh trách nhiệm
• Translator English - Tamil: சபலத்தன்மை
• Translator English - Marathi: स्कीव
• Translator English - Turkish: kaytarmak
• Translator English - Italian: schivare
• Translator English - Polish: lenić się
• Translator English - Ukrainian: прогулювати
• Translator English - Romanian: a trândăvi
• Translator English - Greek: λουφάρω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: afschaven
• Translator English - Swedish: skolka
• Translator English - Norwegian: splitte

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKIVE»

Discover the use of skive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Skive Magazine Quarterly - Issue 2, December 2006

The content is of literary quality, showcasing the tales from well-known writers, as well as those who are just starting out.

David Cooper, Matthew Glenn Ward, Craig Cornwall, 2006

Skive Magazine Quarterly - Issue 3, March 2007

Matthew Glenn Ward. SKIVE. THE SHORT STORY QUARTERLY SKIVE MAGAZINE QUARTERLY Issue 3, March 2007 'Skive Short Story. Front Cover.

Matthew Glenn Ward, 2007

Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life

(1999) Skivekredsens politiske historie, Skive: Skive Museums Forlag. Ministerudvalget for negativ social arv og social mobilitet (2003) En god start for alle børn, Copenhagen: Undervisningsministeriet. Mogensen, G. V. and Matthiessen, P. C. ...

Richard Jenkins, 2012

Ecological status classification of marine waters

... 0.01 Rest TP Temperature*Station (Thisted) 0.06 0.01 7.12 <0.01 Skive-Lovns TP Intercept 3.13 0.68 4.59 <0.01 Skive-Lovns TP Salinity*month 1 -0.08 0.03 - 2.77 0.01 Skive-Lovns TP Salinity*month 2 -0.09 0.03 -3.06 <0.01 Skive-Lovns TP ...

Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordic Council, Nordisk Råd, 2006

Statistisk-topographisk beskrivelse af kongeriget Danmark

298 Skive Landsogn og Resen Sogn. Landeveien fra Skive til Holstebro passerer Sognet. Htk. er 169 Tdr. A. og E., hvoraf 102' « Td. i Matriklen henfores tilHindborg Herred og 66V ° Td. til Fjends Herred. I Sognet: Bherne Jcegerriis med Skole, ...

Jens Peter Trap, 1859

Nitrogen Removal from Municipal Wastewater

Full-scale Nitrogen Removal at Skive Wastewater Treatment Plant Tage Damsgaard* and Karin Dahlgren Laursen" * Skive Wastewater Treatment Plant, Norgesvej 5, DK- 7800 Skive. Denmark “ Water Quality Institute, Agern Allé 11, DK-2970 ...

Matti Valve, 1995

Gill's technological [afterw.] Gill's scientific, ...

This plate is technically called a skive. The upper surface of this skive is turned very flat and true, in a lathe, and then the diamond-cutter proceeds to prepare or roughen its surface, in the following manner : — . He first rubs the whole of the ...

Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository, Thomas Gill (patent-agent), 1827

Learning Transnational Learning

Conclusion Both Centria Ylivieska and the Skive Technical Institute are key actors when it comes to responding to the challenges of globalization by upgrading the skills of local people in specialized niches. The Skive good practice has some ...

Åge Mariussen, Seija Virkkala, 2013

Beginner's Norwegian

Anna: Og jeg skal lage ei skive med skinke, ei skive med syltetøy og ost og ei skive med brunost. Line, hva vil du ha å spise? Line: Jeg vil gjerne ha ei skive med ost og syltetøy. Og jeg vil også ha ei skive med brunost. Anna: Vær så god.

Laura Žiūkaitė-Hansen, 2005

Machining: Fundamentals and Recent Advances

... in hard turning (60 to a maximum of 90−100 m/min, versus 300 m/min for hard turning). 4.5.5 Hard Skive Hobbing A new tendency in gear manufacturing is to use skive hobbing as a hard finishing process, possibly on a standard hobbing ...

J. Paulo Davim, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skive is used in the context of the following news items.

Tre er anholdt for afpresning i Skive

Politiet har anholdt tre personer i en sag om afpresning, som er foregået i Skive-området i foråret. De tre anholdte skal fremstilles for en dommer med krav om ... «Ekstra Bladet, Jul 15»

MILLIONS set to skive off to watch Rugby World Cup in autumn

Its survey of 2,000 professionals found one in seven are tempted to skive during the tournament – held once every four years – which is being hosted by ... «This is Money, Jul 15»

Like 'schoolchildren': Because too hot, Calcutta HC lawyers skive …

Calcutta high court advocates, following the local high court bar association's majority resolution, have gone on strike for three days from today due to the heat, ... «Legally India, Jun 15»

9 ways for parents to skive off this half term

Here are 9 simple ways to skive off parenting duty when you are just too tired to play with your offspring. 1. Play HIDE and seek. You hide and they seek. «Metro, May 15»

AGF misbruger chancen for oprykning med uafgjort i Skive

Davit Skhirtladze tog en flot dribletur på venstrekanten, og inde i feltet lå Kim Aabech, der nemt kunne sætte bolden ind bag Skive-målmand Mathias Rosenørn. «TV2, May 15»

Officielt: Sønderjyske køber træner i Skive

Det skriver klubben på sin hjemmeside, hvor man også kan læse, at han er købt fri i 1. Divionsklubben Skive, hvor han ellers havde et år tilbage af sin kontrakt. «DR, Apr 15»

Bekræftet: Skive trækker sit hold fra Dameligaen

Det, vi har afgjort med dem, er, at vi desværre bliver nødt til at trække vores damehold fra den kommende sæson, siger formanden for Skive fH, Mogens Garder ... «TV2, Apr 15»

Trænerprofil stopper i Skive

Den nuværende cheftræner Ryan Zinglersen bekræftede søndag i en sms til Skive Folkeblad, at han stopper som cheftræner i klubben, og mandag bekræfter ... «TV2, Apr 15»

AGF skuffer trods comeback mod Skive

AGF gør sig forhåbninger om at rykke op i Alka Superligaen, men så skal der langt bedre resultater til end søndagens skuffende 2-2-remis hjemme mod Skive i ... «Ekstra Bladet, Mar 15»

Ella Henderson admits she used to skive off school to watch Loose …

Ella Henderson joined the Loose Women today for a chat about her music career so far and her new single, Mirror Man. Ella was especially excited about being ... «stv.tv, Mar 15»