shive

== English == === Etymology 1 === A parallel form of sheave, from Middle English schyve, from Proto-West Germanic *skībā, from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ, presumably through an Old English *sċīfe (though it is not attested before the Middle English period). Cognate with German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), brauðskífa (“slice of bread”) (whence Danish skive (“disc, slice”)), Dutch schijf (“disc, slice”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʃaɪv/ Rhymes: -aɪv ==== Noun ==== shive (plural shives) A slice, especially of bread. (obsolete) A sheave. A beam or plank of split wood. A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English schyfe, schyffe, from Proto-Germanic *skibō-; cognate with German Schäbe, Dutch scheef, and Low German Schääv, all ‘fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp’. The expected pronunciation would be /ʃɪv/; the pronunciation /ʃaɪv/ is probably due to the combined influence of Etymology 1 and the spelling. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʃaɪv/ Rhymes: -aɪv ==== Noun ==== shive (plural shives) A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool. A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material. (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp. ===== Synonyms ===== (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp): shiv, boon, shove, hurd ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 3 === Variant of shiv. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʃɪv/ Rhymes: -ɪv ==== Noun ==== shive (plural shives) Alternative form of shiv. === Etymology 4 === See shiva ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʃɪvə/ Rhymes: -ɪvə ==== Noun ==== shive Alternative spelling of shiva. ===== Derived terms ===== sit shive ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === hives == Middle English == === Noun === shive alternative form of schyve