skived

verb

past tense of skive
as in shaved

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skived
  1. shaved
  2. sheared
  3. trimmed
  4. clipped
  5. pared
  6. cropped
  7. bobbed
  8. pruned
Verb
  • Apparently, Tony Romo shaved two strokes off his final round scorecard.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Every 10 basis points shaved off a $1 billion Eurobond saves an issuer $1 million a year.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of shaved
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  • If conditions are dry, the foliage will begin to yellow and can be sheared to the crown.
    — Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Once inside, they’re restrained, sometimes blindfolded to preserve their sanity, and carefully sheared before being released.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of sheared
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  • Throw on an oversize black pantsuit, add a filament-thin chain at the waist and let your untucked shirt, trimmed with a random assortment of little baubles, peek out at the bottom.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Ng trimmed his price target to $140 per share from $144, but said Disney is too compelling to ignore at current levels.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • The 21-year-old Dvorsky had his open shot at the net when goalie Jake Oettinger fell down after getting clipped by teammate Roope Hintz.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That's one reason medical pulse oximeters are clipped onto patients' fingers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of clipped
Verb
  • As oil prices pared their losses through Friday, so did Treasury yields.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Middleton paired the look with silver jewelry pieces, but kept her royal power suit moment mostly pared back.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of pared
Verb
  • Her shrunken two-piece skirt suit—the jacket cropped to reveal her abs, the skirt extra-mini—perfectly encapsulated the cartoonish silhouette that Barbie so often rocks.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But then, on the day, someone cropped the photo on the phone to be just her.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of cropped
Verb
  • On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • As the balloon carrying the cauldron rose and bobbed a couple hundred feet overhead, many got busy taking photos and recording videos and selfies.
    — Hannah Bloch, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bobbed
Verb
  • However, some plants need their foliage for protection over the winter and should instead be pruned in the spring.
    — Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Climbing Roses Climbing roses should not be pruned in the fall except to remove broken branches.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of pruned
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