Meaning

2 senses

  1. To stab.

  2. To cut.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. He bought a handful of chives.

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  2. Add the chives and season the salad.

    deGeben Sie den Schnittlauch hinzu und würzen Sie den Salat. — MUIRIEL

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  3. I like chives in my soup, but not in my salad.

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  4. Do you know that in my garden grow leeks, onions, chives, and garlic?

    ruЗнаешь ли ты, что у меня в саду растёт лук-порей, репчатый лук, шнитт-лук и чеснок? — marafon

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

chives, chiving, chived, chived
Base formchive · to chive
3rd person singularchives
Present participlechiving
Past simplechived
Past participlechived

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychive
he, she, itchives

Past simpleLesson

all personschived

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chived
he, she, ithas chived

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chive

Synonyms

42 synonyms
chefA2jobA1pinkA1splashA2stabB2stickB1inciseC2carveB2cutA1raceB1shareA1slashB2jabshiv

Word family

1 related words
Derivedshiv

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chitchivalrychlamydiachloridechlorinechlorophyll

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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