noun
shive
Shive (noun) means a slice, particularly of bread.
noun
1
A slice, particularly of bread.
"In my cool room with the shutters shut and the thin shives of air and light coming through the slats, I cried myself to sleep in an overloud selfpitying transport."
— Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers (1980)
2
A length of wood that has been split, like a beam or plank.
3
A broad, flat stopper used to seal a large opening or a wide-necked bottle.
"If the conditioning continues to be fairly brisk, a wooden tut might appear to distort a little under the stress of the internal pressure, with the beer seeping out around the tut and shive."
— John Alexander, A Guide to Craft Brewing (2011)
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Etymology
A parallel form of sheave, coming from Middle English schyve, from Proto-West Germanic *skībā, from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ, presumably passing through an Old English *sċīfe (though this is not attested before the Middle English period). It is a cognate of German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), brauðskífa (“slice of bread”) (giving Danish skive, “disc, slice”), and Dutch schijf (“disc, slice”).
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What is the meaning of shive?
"shive" (noun) means a slice, particularly of bread.
What are the different meanings of shive?
"shive" has 3 main meanings: 1. A slice, particularly of bread; 2. A length of wood that has been split, like a beam or plank; 3. A broad, flat stopper used to seal a large opening or a wide-necked bottle.
