(Britain, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.

(Britain, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty. / (Britain, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.

A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond. / An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.

To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.

plural of skive

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skive

simple past tense and past participle of skive

present participle of skive

A piece made in skiving (the paring or splitting of leather), especially the part from the inner, or flesh, side.

plural of skiving