"cheven" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛvən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cheven.wav Forms: chevens [plural]
Etymology: Compare chavender and French chevanne. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|chevanne}} French chevanne Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheven (plural chevens)
  1. (archaic, dialectal) A river fish, the chub. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-cheven-en-noun-Q92hz~LO Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Leuciscine fish Disambiguation of Leuciscine fish: 99 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛvən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cheven.wav Forms: chevens [present, singular, third-person], chevening [participle, present], chevened [participle, past], chevened [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} cheven (third-person singular simple present chevens, present participle chevening, simple past and past participle chevened)
  1. To do the work of a chevener, embroidering hosiery.
    Sense id: en-cheven-en-verb-IUKoIjHc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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