Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chive
Participle: chived
Gerund: chiving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chive |
| you | chive |
| he;she;it | chives |
| we | chive |
| you | chive |
| they | chive |
Perfect
| I | have chived |
| you | have chived |
| he;she;it | has chived |
| we | have chived |
| you | have chived |
| they | have chived |
Past
| I | chived |
| you | chived |
| he;she;it | chived |
| we | chived |
| you | chived |
| they | chived |
Pluperfect
| I | had chived |
| you | had chived |
| he;she;it | had chived |
| we | had chived |
| you | had chived |
| they | had chived |
Future
| I | will chive |
| you | will chive |
| he;she;it | will chive |
| we | will chive |
| you | will chive |
| they | will chive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chived |
| you | will have chived |
| he;she;it | will have chived |
| we | will have chived |
| you | will have chived |
| they | will have chived |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chive |
| you | chive |
| he;she;it | chive |
| we | chive |
| you | chive |
| they | chive |
Perfect
| I | have chived |
| you | have chived |
| he;she;it | have chived |
| we | have chived |
| you | have chived |
| they | have chived |
Imperfect
| I | chived |
| you | chived |
| he;she;it | chived |
| we | chived |
| you | chived |
| they | chived |
Pluperfect
| I | had chived |
| you | had chived |
| he;she;it | had chived |
| we | had chived |
| you | had chived |
| they | had chived |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chive |
| you | would chive |
| he;she;it | would chive |
| we | would chive |
| you | would chive |
| they | would chive |
Perfect
| I | would have chived |
| you | would have chived |
| he;she;it | would have chived |
| we | would have chived |
| you | would have chived |
| they | would have chived |
Imperative
| you | chive |
| we | Let's chive |
| you | chive |
Verbs conjugated like 'chive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chive'
cheve,
chide,
chieve,
chime,
chine,
chiv,
chivy,
clive,
hive,
achieve,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon
- chef, chib, ching, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).
Sample Sentences
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Adieu to Haul-Cly, adieu to stopping Coaches, and adieu to all the hurry-scurry of Foot-Scampering, filing, chiving, milling, and sneaking[…] [1728, James Dalton, A Genuine Narrative of all the Street Robberies committed since October last, by James Dalton and his Accomplices, page 59:]
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He was as good a man as Jacky at any weapon that could be named, and if Jacky were game for a chiving (stabbing) match, he (Kavanagh) was ready for him. [1868 May 26, Cassell's Magazine, page 80:]
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After the place got well where I was chived, me and another screwed a place at Stoke Newington [1879 October 26, Rev. John William Horsley, “Autobiography of a Thief”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 40, page 503:]