skiving

verb

present participle of skive
as in whittling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skiving
  1. whittling
  2. shaving
  3. shearing
  4. pruning
  5. cutting
  6. paring
  7. trimming
  8. cropping
Verb
  • Voters set up races for four Orange County commission seats in November by whittling casts of candidates to two in districts 2, 6, 7 and 8.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
  • This man is whittling a star for the tree and standing up for eldest daughters everywhere?
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
Definition of whittling
Verb
  • The 23-year-old and his Serbia team-mates won the Davis Cup for the first time in December 2010, and fulfilled a promise by shaving their heads in celebration.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Go bananas with shaving cream Have your kids hop into a dry bathtub with their swimsuit on.
    — Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of shaving
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  • The fledgling storm was affected by shearing winds that forecasters expected to prevent it from building into the kind of hurricane that can sometimes quickly develop in the Gulf just offshore.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • This easy-care hedge requires shearing only once a year to maintain its shape.
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
Definition of shearing
Verb
  • However, pruning at planting is essential for developing a strong, productive canopy.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Most perennials require some pruning to maintain the plants’ shape, promote blooming, and keep them healthy.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of pruning
Verb
  • Furthermore, Bailey stated that simply not cutting rates already constitutes monetary policy tightening.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Enacting a solution is liable to be a significant political battle, likely involving cutting benefits for some Americans or raising taxes on higher earners, or both.
    — Ashley Lopez, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cutting
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  • Shares had jumped nearly 630% before paring gains to close at 845 yuan.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But the necessity of paring down such a massive event has the effect of flattening the very elements that ought to give it its texture and heft — namely, the people involved.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Definition of paring
Verb
  • The first came on a 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ko Kieft, trimming Tampa Bay’s deficit to 9-7 with just under seven minutes to play in the quarter.
    — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • This relaxed-but-polished organic cotton sweater has a classic crew neckline and ribbed trimming to elevate the look.
    — Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of trimming
Verb
  • Last year's addition of telephoto capacity in the baseline Pixel models bodes well for cropping into a shot and turning something relatively far away into a moment.
    — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Meta released its Content Seal AI watermark recently, but Reuters found that simply cropping the images a bit would often eliminate the watermark.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
Definition of cropping
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“Skiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skiving. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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