Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to skiver
Participle: skivered
Gerund: skivering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | skiver |
| you | skiver |
| he;she;it | skivers |
| we | skiver |
| you | skiver |
| they | skiver |
Perfect
| I | have skivered |
| you | have skivered |
| he;she;it | has skivered |
| we | have skivered |
| you | have skivered |
| they | have skivered |
Past
| I | skivered |
| you | skivered |
| he;she;it | skivered |
| we | skivered |
| you | skivered |
| they | skivered |
Pluperfect
| I | had skivered |
| you | had skivered |
| he;she;it | had skivered |
| we | had skivered |
| you | had skivered |
| they | had skivered |
Future
| I | will skiver |
| you | will skiver |
| he;she;it | will skiver |
| we | will skiver |
| you | will skiver |
| they | will skiver |
Future Perfect
| I | will have skivered |
| you | will have skivered |
| he;she;it | will have skivered |
| we | will have skivered |
| you | will have skivered |
| they | will have skivered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | skiver |
| you | skiver |
| he;she;it | skiver |
| we | skiver |
| you | skiver |
| they | skiver |
Perfect
| I | have skivered |
| you | have skivered |
| he;she;it | have skivered |
| we | have skivered |
| you | have skivered |
| they | have skivered |
Imperfect
| I | skivered |
| you | skivered |
| he;she;it | skivered |
| we | skivered |
| you | skivered |
| they | skivered |
Pluperfect
| I | had skivered |
| you | had skivered |
| he;she;it | had skivered |
| we | had skivered |
| you | had skivered |
| they | had skivered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would skiver |
| you | would skiver |
| he;she;it | would skiver |
| we | would skiver |
| you | would skiver |
| they | would skiver |
Perfect
| I | would have skivered |
| you | would have skivered |
| he;she;it | would have skivered |
| we | would have skivered |
| you | would have skivered |
| they | would have skivered |
Imperative
| you | skiver |
| we | Let's skiver |
| you | skiver |
Verbs conjugated like 'skiver'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'skiver'
kiver,
shiver,
siver,
skive,
sliver,
kever,
quiver,
river,
sever,
silver,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From skive (“to shave”) + -er. Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive.
Verbs referencing "skiver"
English
skewer.
Sample Sentences
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[…] it's I that wishes I could be sure 'twas malice, I'd skiver you, heels and elbows, on my sword, and roast you alive on that fire. [1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “The Dead Secret, Showing how the Fire-worker Proved to Puddock that Nutter Had Spied Out the Nakedness of the Land”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 102:]
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I'll finish heating the oven, and set you free to go and skiver up them ducks. [1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, “chapter 9”, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:]