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verb · intransitive

skiver

skiver · skivers · skivered · skivering

To skewer, impaleTo skewer, impale.

UK/ˈskaɪvə/US/ˈskaɪvəɹ/

Meaning

1 senses

(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dialectal, informal)To skewer, impale.

Origin

From skive (“to shave”) + -er. Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced b

From skive (“to shave”) + -er. Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive.

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Forms

skivers, skivering, skivered, skivered

regular · Lesson

Base form	skiver · to skiver
3rd person singular	skivers
Present participle	skivering
Past simple	skivered
Past participle	skivered

Tenses

skiver · skivered · will skiver · have skivered

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	skiver
he, she, it	skivers

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have skivered
he, she, it	has skivered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will skiver

Past simpleLesson

all persons

skivered

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

skittle skive skivvy skua

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