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Definition of skives in English Turkish dictionary
- skive
- kaytar
- skive
- {f} yontmak
- skive
- kösele yontma
- skive
- f., İng., k.dili. (off) kaytarmak, işten kaçmak
- skive
- ince tabakalar halinde yarmak kaytar
- skive
- {f} traşlamak (taş)
- skive
- {f} kaytarmak
- skive
- {f} ince ince yarmak (kösele)
- skive
- elmas traşlama
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Definition of skives in English English dictionary
- plural of skive
- skive
- The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem
- skive
- To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather)
- skive
- To avoid one's assigned work or duty. To slack off
- skive
- To avoid ones assigned work or duty. To slack off
- skive
- A cut made on an angle to the surface to produce a tapered or feathered cut
- skive
- remove the surface of; "skive leather
- skive
- {f} slice or cut off in thin layers, shave, pare
- skive
- remove the surface of; "skive leather"
- skive
- the removal of a short length of cover and/or tube to permit the attachment of a fitting directly over the hose reinforcement
- skive
- If you skive, you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working. The company treated me as though I were skiving. Skive off means the same as skive. `I absolutely hated school,' Rachel says. `I skived off all the time.' Almost everybody's kids skive off school. To cut thin layers off (leather or rubber, for example); pare. to avoid work or school by staying away or leaving without permission (Perhaps from esquiver )