skive

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈskaɪv/

Verb

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

Japanese Meaning

粗い部分や厚い部分など、不要な部分を削ぎ取ること

What is this buttons?

He used a small blade to skive the leather edges until they were smooth.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼は小さな刃を使って革の端の厚い部分を削り取り、滑らかにした。

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Sense（1）

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

In the leather industry skive has another connotation, concerning splitting the skin perpendicularly to its thickness into thin layers. Imagine now being able to skive at the nanoscale.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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skives

（ present singular third-person ）

skiving

（ participle present ）

skived

（ participle past ）

skived

（ past ）

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