noun Download 🔗Share A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush). Examples : "Desperate for defense, the prisoner sharpened a broken toothbrush into a crude shive. " weapon item utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp. Examples : "The farmer used the shives to create insulation for the chicken coop. " material agriculture plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A slice, especially of bread. Examples : "He ate two shives of rye bread with his soup. " food item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sheave. Examples : "The rope ran smoothly over the shives of the pulley system, making it easier to lift the heavy box. " nautical sailing technical machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A beam or plank of split wood. Examples : "The old shed was built from rough shives nailed together, making it drafty and uneven. " material building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle. Examples : "The brewery worker carefully hammered the shive into the barrel to seal it tight after filling it with beer. " material utensil item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching Examples : "After scutching the flax fibers, the farmer carefully removed the shives to ensure only the soft linen remained. " material agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool. Examples : "Despite careful scouring, the wool still contained some shives, making it slightly scratchy. " agriculture plant material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material. Examples : "After washing the old towel, I noticed several small shives clinging to its rough surface. " material appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp. Examples : "The cheap notebook paper was full of shives, making it difficult to write on smoothly. " material technical industry process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
