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shive

/ʃaɪv/ /ʃɪv/ /ˈʃɪvə/

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noun

A slice, especially of bread.

Examples :

"He ate a shive of bread with his soup. "

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noun

Examples :

"The rope ran smoothly over the shive of the pulley, making it easier to lift the heavy bucket. "

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A beam or plank of split wood.

Examples :

"The carpenter used a thick shive to reinforce the weak spot in the barn door. "

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A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.

Examples :

"After emptying the large pickle jar, Mom used a wooden shive to seal it instead of the original lid. "

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A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching

Examples :

"After scutching the flax, the worker carefully removed the remaining shive to prepare the fibers for spinning into linen. "

material agriculture plant industry

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A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.

Examples :

"After scouring the wool, the weaver still found a stubborn shive stuck in the fibers. "

plant agriculture material industry

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A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.

Examples :

"Before her job interview, she carefully removed a small shive from her new blazer so it would look perfect. "

material appearance

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(papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.

Examples :

"The paper in my history textbook had a noticeable shive, making it slightly harder to read in certain spots. "

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A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

Examples :

"Desperate and afraid, the prisoner sharpened a toothbrush handle into a crude shive for protection. "

weapon utensil item

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A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

Examples :

"After processing the hemp fibers, the farmer had to carefully remove the shive to ensure a smooth and usable material for making rope. "

material agriculture

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A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.

Examples :

"After the funeral, the family observed shive, staying at home and receiving condolences for the next week. "

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