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Skive - English meaning

Skive – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early; shirk.

Usage examples:

I skived off school

Synonims:

MalingerPretend to be illFeign/fake illnessPlay truantTruantAvoid workEvade one's dutyShirkSkulkIdleCutBunk offSwing the leadWagScrimshankDodge the columnMitch offGoldbrickP
noun

An instance of avoiding work or a duty by staying away or leaving early.

Usage examples:

‘i decided to give blood because it was a good skive out of the railway and after you'd donated you…
verb

Pare (the edge of a piece of leather or other material) so as to reduce its thickness.

Usage examples:

To join two ends of a strap, the ends are skived

Skive translation into English

Skive: translate from English into Chinese

Translate skive into Chinese (Simplified)}
削皮, 削

Skive: translate from English into Dutch

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Skive, Afschaven, Snijden, Niet komen werken, Splitsen, Afslijpen

Skive: translate from English into French

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Parer, Tirer au flanc, Sécher les cours

Skive: translate from English into German

Translate skive into German}
Schälen, Schwänzen, Blaumachen

Skive: translate from English into Hindi

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ढिलाई से काम करना, स्काइव

Skive: translate from English into Italian

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Sbucciare, Fare il lavativo, Svignarsela

Skive: translate from English into Korean

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깎다, 편한 일, 일을 게을리하다, 책임회피

Skive: translate from English into Russian

Translate skive into Russian}
Скашивать, Халтурить, Алмазный круг, Сачковать, Стачивать, Слоить, Увиливать, Уклоняться, Зачищать, Разрезать

Skive: translate from English into Spanish

Translate skive into Spanish}
Fumarse, Chiflar, Cortar en capas finas, Gandulear, Remolonear

Word origin

early 19th century: from Old Norse skífa ; related to shive.

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Skive – similar words

skived

verb

Avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early; shirk.

Usage examples:

I skived off school
verb

Pare (the edge of a piece of leather or other material) so as to reduce its thickness.

Usage examples:

To join two ends of a strap, the ends are skived
noun

An instance of avoiding work or a duty by staying away or leaving early.

Usage examples:

‘i decided to give blood because it was a good skive out of the railway and after you'd donated you…
Skived - all meanings in English

Skive synonims

cut

kʌt

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone
noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Usage examples:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife
verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

Cut - all meanings in English

idle

ˈaɪ.dəl

adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

Usage examples:

Idle students
verb

Spend time doing nothing.

Usage examples:

Four men were idling outside the shop
adjective

Not working, not active, or doing nothing

Usage examples:

Idle factories, the machines are standing idle because there are no spare parts., idle speculation,…
Idle - all meanings in English

malinger

verb

Pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work.

Usage examples:

People who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering
verb

To pretend to be ill in order to avoid having to work

Usage examples:

They weren't sure if she was really ill, or just malingering., as private investigators, we can hel…
Malinger - all meanings in English

scrimshank

verb

(especially of a person in the armed services) shirk one's duty.

Usage examples:

I was just telling hilary we saw him scrimshanking yesterday
Scrimshank - all meanings in English

shirk

verb

Avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).

Usage examples:

I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter
noun

A person who shirks.

Usage examples:

His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah.
Shirk - all meanings in English

skulk

verb

Keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive.

Usage examples:

Don't skulk outside the door like a spy!
noun

A group of foxes.

Usage examples:

The skulk howls away into the night
verb

To hide or move around as if trying not to be seen, usually with bad intentions

Usage examples:

Dogs were skulking in the alleys.
Skulk - all meanings in English

truant

noun

A pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.

Usage examples:

Known truants were staying in school and had been deterred from leaving school grounds.
adjective

(of a pupil) being a truant.

Usage examples:

Truant children
verb

Another way of saying play truant below.

Usage examples:

If my daughter had been truanting from school i would have been informed
Truant - all meanings in English

wag

verb

(especially with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro.

Usage examples:

His tail began to wag
noun

A single rapid movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

A chirpy wag of the head
verb

Play truant from (school).

Usage examples:

He began hanging out with bad people and wagging school
Wag - all meanings in English

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