chive
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chive¹
- /t͡ʃaɪv/
Rhymes with -aɪv
Where it comes from
From Middle English chive~cyve, from Old French chive~cive, from Latin cēpa (“onion”).
noun chives · cive · chithe
- A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
- The leaves of this plant used as a herb. Chive herb. (attributive use)
- The spring onion; the green onion; the scallion.
chive²
- /t͡ʃaɪv/
Rhymes with -aɪv
Where it comes from
From Middle English chive, chyve, variant of chith, chyth, from Old English ċīþ (“shoot, scion, sprout”). Doublet of chit and scion.
noun chives · chithe · chire
- A piece cut off; sliver.
- The filament which supports the anther of a flower; stamen, especially of saffron. 1577, Raphael Holinshed et al., The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Ireland, London: John Hunne, Book 3, Chapter 14, “Of English Saffron,” […] in the place wher he bled, Saffron was after found to grow, whereupon the people séeyng the color of the chiue as it stoode, (although I doubt not but
chive³
- /t͡ʃaɪv/
Rhymes with -aɪv
Where it comes from
From Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).
noun chives · chieve · chife · chiv
- A knife. For when that he hath nubbed as, / And our friends tip him no cole, / He takes his chive and cuts us down, / And tips us into a hole.
- A file.
- A saw.
verb chives · chiving · chived · chieve · chife
- To stab. Adieu to Haul-Cly, adieu to stopping Coaches, and adieu to all the hurry-scurry of Foot-Scampering, filing, chiving, milling, and sneaking[…]
- To cut.
