"chive" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃaɪv/ Audio: en-us-chive.ogg [US] Forms: chives [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: From Middle English chive~cyve, from Old French chive~cive, from Latin cēpa (“onion”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cyve|chive~cyve}} Middle English chive~cyve, {{der|en|fro|cive|chive~cive}} Old French chive~cive, {{der|en|la|cēpa|t=onion}} Latin cēpa (“onion”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chive (plural chives)
  1. A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion. Categories (topical): Weapons Categories (lifeform): Alliums
    Sense id: en-chive-en-noun-QTrqk56x Disambiguation of Weapons: 11 6 4 20 10 12 17 1 1 15 3 Disambiguation of Alliums: 27 16 5 24 7 10 2 2 2 4 2
  2. (in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Alliums Translations (chives: herb): ثُوم مُعَمَّر (ṯūm muʕammar) [masculine] (Arabic), nigi (Atayal), 細香蔥 (Chinese Cantonese), 细香葱 (sai³ hoeng¹ cung¹) (Chinese Cantonese), kennin sevi (Cornish), pažitka [feminine] (Czech), purløg [neuter] (Danish), bieslook [masculine] (Dutch), ŝenoprazo (Esperanto), murulauk (Estonian), ruohosipuli (Finnish), ciboulette (French), ceboliño [masculine] (Galician), Schnittlauch [masculine] (German), σχοινόπρασο (schoinópraso) [neuter] (Greek), प्याज़ (pyāz) [feminine] (Hindi), graslaukur [masculine] (Icelandic), lokio (Indonesian), bawang batak (Indonesian), siobhas [masculine] (Irish), erba cipollina [feminine] (Italian), cipolletta [feminine] (Italian), cyblišk [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), cybulinka [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), власец (vlasec) [masculine] (Macedonian), gressløk (Norwegian), تره (tarre) (Persian), گندنا (gandanâ) (Persian), szczypiorek [masculine] (Polish), cebolinha [feminine] (Portuguese), arpagic [neuter] (Romanian), creamh-gàrraidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), вла́сац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), дро̀бња̄к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), шни̏тлах [Cyrillic, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), шни̏тлинг [Cyrillic, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), vlásac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dròbnjāk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šnȉtlah [Roman, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), šnȉtling [Roman, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), drobnják [masculine] (Slovene), cebollino (Spanish), cebollines [Mexico] (Spanish), gräslök [common-gender] (Swedish), bebül (Volapük), cennin sifi [feminine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-chive-en-noun-DDtJa4N5 Disambiguation of Spices and herbs: 9 31 2 19 9 7 1 1 1 16 3 Disambiguation of Alliums: 27 16 5 24 7 10 2 2 2 4 2 Disambiguation of 'chives: herb': 10 63 5 22
  3. (obsolete) The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-chive-en-noun-NT84EQCA
  4. (Trinidad and Tobago, dialect) The spring onion; The green onion; the scallion. Tags: Trinidad-and-Tobago, dialectal Categories (topical): Weapons Categories (lifeform): Alliums
    Sense id: en-chive-en-noun-epaofrmH Disambiguation of Weapons: 11 6 4 20 10 12 17 1 1 15 3 Disambiguation of Alliums: 27 16 5 24 7 10 2 2 2 4 2 Categories (other): Trinidad and Tobago English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 3 4 44 11 15 1 1 1 3 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 3 6 48 11 9 1 1 1 3 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cive [obsolete], chithe Derived forms: Chinese chive, garlic chive Related terms: Chinese chives, scallion, shallot, spring onion Translations (plant): grasuie (Afrikaans), ثُوم مُعَمَّر (ṯūm muʕammar) [masculine] (Arabic), սոխուկ (soxuk) (Armenian), tipulin (Basque), скарада́ (skaradá) [feminine] (Belarusian), рэ́занец (rézanjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), cibulet (Catalan), cebollí (Catalan), porradell (Catalan), 細香蔥 (Chinese Mandarin), 细香葱 (xìxiāngcōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 蝦夷蔥 (Chinese Mandarin), 虾夷葱 (xiāyícōng) (Chinese Mandarin), pažitka [feminine] (Czech), šnytlík [masculine, regional] (Czech), purløg [common-gender] (Danish), bieslook [masculine] (Dutch), сятказ (śatkaz) (Erzya), ŝenoprazo (Esperanto), grønleykur [masculine] (Faroese), grasleykur [masculine] (Faroese), ruoholaukka (Finnish), ciboulette [feminine] (French), cive [feminine] (French), ceboliño [masculine] (Galician), cebolo [masculine] (Galician), Schnittlauch [masculine] (German), Binsenlauch [masculine] (German), Graslauch [masculine] (German), σχοινόπρασο (schoinópraso) [neuter] (Greek), tł’oo drik (Gwich'in), עירית ('yrit) [feminine] (Hebrew), metélőhagyma (Hungarian), snidling (Hungarian), graslaukur [masculine] (Icelandic), lokio (Indonesian), erba cipollina [feminine] (Italian), cipolletta [feminine] (Italian), チャイブ (chaibu) (Japanese), 西洋浅葱 (seiyōasatsuki) (alt: セイヨウアサツキ) (Japanese), 蝦夷葱 (ezonegi) (alt: エゾネギ) (Japanese), 차이브 (chaibeu) (Korean), власец (vlasec) [masculine] (Macedonian), kucai (Malay), gressløk (Norwegian), czosnek szczypiorek [masculine] (Polish), szczypiorek [masculine] (Polish), szczypior [masculine] (Polish), cebolinha [feminine] (Portuguese), arpagic [masculine] (Romanian), шни́тт-лук (šnítt-luk) [masculine] (Russian), скорода́ (skorodá) [feminine] (Russian), лук-скорода́ (luk-skorodá) [masculine] (Russian), ре́занец (rézanec) [masculine] (Russian), лук-ре́занец (luk-rézanec) [masculine] (Russian), creamh-gàrraidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), вла́сац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), дро̀бња̄к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), шни̏тлах [Cyrillic, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), шни̏тлинг [Cyrillic, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), vlásac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dròbnjāk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šnȉtlah [Roman, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), šnȉtling [Roman, masculine, regional] (Serbo-Croatian), szńitloch [masculine] (Silesian), pažítka [feminine] (Slovak), drobnják [masculine] (Slovene), cebolleta [feminine] (Spanish), cebollino [masculine] (Spanish), gräslök [common-gender] (Swedish), שטשיפּיאָר (shtshipyor) [masculine] (Yiddish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'plant': 53 47 0 0

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃaɪv/ Audio: en-us-chive.ogg [US] Forms: chives [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: From Middle English chive, chyve, variant of chith, chyth, from Old English ċīþ (“shoot, scion, sprout”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|chive}} Middle English chive, {{m|enm|chyve}} chyve, {{m|enm|chith}} chith, {{m|enm|chyth}} chyth, {{inh|en|ang|ċīþ|t=shoot, scion, sprout}} Old English ċīþ (“shoot, scion, sprout”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chive (plural chives)
  1. A piece cut off; sliver. Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-chive-en-noun-l9SfCfms Disambiguation of Weapons: 11 6 4 20 10 12 17 1 1 15 3
  2. (botany) The filament which supports the anther of a flower; stamen. Categories (topical): Botany, Weapons
    Sense id: en-chive-en-noun-1jKQq-OG Disambiguation of Weapons: 11 6 4 20 10 12 17 1 1 15 3 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chithe [obsolete], chire Related terms: chism, chit
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃaɪv/ Audio: en-us-chive.ogg [US] Forms: chives [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: From Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|rom|chive|}} Romani chive, {{m|rom|chiv}} chiv, {{m|rom|chivvomengro||knife, dagger, blade}} chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chive (plural chives)
  1. (thieves' cant) A knife. Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-chive-en-noun-Z3VWMh2h Disambiguation of Weapons: 11 6 4 20 10 12 17 1 1 15 3 Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant
  2. (thieves' cant) A file.
    Sense id: en-chive-en-noun-D19o~nse Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant
  3. (thieves' cant) A saw.
    Sense id: en-chive-en-noun-Of9Ag1ag Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chieve, chife, chiv Derived forms: chive fencer (english: street seller of cutlery), shiv (english: makeshift knife)
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃaɪv/ Audio: en-us-chive.ogg [US] Forms: chives [present, singular, third-person], chiving [participle, present], chived [participle, past], chived [past]
Rhymes: -aɪv Etymology: From Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|rom|chive|}} Romani chive, {{m|rom|chiv}} chiv, {{m|rom|chivvomengro||knife, dagger, blade}} chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} chive (third-person singular simple present chives, present participle chiving, simple past and past participle chived)
  1. (thieves' cant) To stab. Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-chive-en-verb-bo8Tk1Qd Disambiguation of Weapons: 11 6 4 20 10 12 17 1 1 15 3 Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant
  2. (thieves' cant) To cut.
    Sense id: en-chive-en-verb-p7zap6u3 Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chieve, chife, chiv Derived forms: chive the darbies (english: to cut off fetters), chiving lay (english: theft by cutting coach components), chiving the froe (english: theft by cutting women's pockets), shiv (english: to stab)
Etymology number: 3

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Alternative forms

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        "(in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb."
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          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṯūm muʕammar",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
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          "roman": "sai³ hoeng¹ cung¹",
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          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "word": "kennin sevi"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "pažitka"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "word": "ŝenoprazo"
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          "sense": "chives: herb",
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          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "word": "ruohosipuli"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "word": "ciboulette"
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          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ceboliño"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schnittlauch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "schoinópraso",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σχοινόπρασο"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pyāz",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "प्याज़"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "graslaukur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "word": "lokio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "word": "bawang batak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "siobhas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "erba cipollina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cipolletta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vlasec",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "власец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "word": "gressløk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tarre",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "word": "تره"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gandanâ",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "word": "گندنا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szczypiorek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cebolinha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "arpagic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "creamh-gàrraidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вла́сац"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дро̀бња̄к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 63 5 22",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "chives: herb",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine",
            "regional"
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          "ref": "1712, “A Budg and Snudg Song”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 32",
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          "text": "None of us know'd then—though the grabbing at Nan Turner's came off that very night—as Polly was the cause o' that 'ere, till it vos blown here at the Gate by some of the coves. Vell, she nammused, as you may guess, but fust poor old Madge Rhodes got a chive in her breather from Black Gil.",
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          "ref": "1728, James Dalton, A Genuine Narrative of all the Street Robberies committed since October last, by James Dalton and his Accomplices, page 59",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Trinidad-and-Tobago",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃaɪv/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪv"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-chive.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/En-us-chive.ogg/En-us-chive.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/En-us-chive.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "cive"
    },
    {
      "word": "chithe"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "grasuie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṯūm muʕammar",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ثُوم مُعَمَّر"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "soxuk",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "սոխուկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "tipulin"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skaradá",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скарада́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "rézanjec",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рэ́занец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "cibulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "cebollí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "porradell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "細香蔥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìxiāngcōng",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "细香葱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "蝦夷蔥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāyícōng",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "虾夷葱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pažitka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "šnytlík"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "purløg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bieslook"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "śatkaz",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "сятказ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ŝenoprazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grønleykur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grasleykur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ruoholaukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ciboulette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cive"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceboliño"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cebolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnittlauch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Binsenlauch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Graslauch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "schoinópraso",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σχοινόπρασο"
    },
    {
      "code": "gwi",
      "lang": "Gwich'in",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "tł’oo drik"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'yrit",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "עירית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "metélőhagyma"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "snidling"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "graslaukur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "lokio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erba cipollina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cipolletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chaibu",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "チャイブ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "セイヨウアサツキ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seiyōasatsuki",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "西洋浅葱"
    },
    {
      "alt": "エゾネギ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ezonegi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "蝦夷葱"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chaibeu",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "차이브"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vlasec",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "власец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kucai"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "gressløk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czosnek szczypiorek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szczypiorek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szczypior"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cebolinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arpagic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šnítt-luk",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шни́тт-лук"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skorodá",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скорода́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "luk-skorodá",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лук-скорода́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rézanec",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́занец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "luk-rézanec",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лук-ре́занец"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "creamh-gàrraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вла́сац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дро̀бња̄к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "шни̏тлах"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "шни̏тлинг"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vlásac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dròbnjāk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "šnȉtlah"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "šnȉtling"
    },
    {
      "code": "szl",
      "lang": "Silesian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szńitloch"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pažítka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drobnják"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cebolleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cebollino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gräslök"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shtshipyor",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שטשיפּיאָר"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṯūm muʕammar",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ثُوم مُعَمَّر"
    },
    {
      "code": "tay",
      "lang": "Atayal",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "nigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "細香蔥"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "sai³ hoeng¹ cung¹",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "细香葱"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "kennin sevi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pažitka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "purløg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bieslook"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "ŝenoprazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "murulauk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "ruohosipuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "ciboulette"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceboliño"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnittlauch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "schoinópraso",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σχοινόπρασο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pyāz",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "प्याज़"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "graslaukur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "lokio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "bawang batak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siobhas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erba cipollina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cipolletta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vlasec",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "власец"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "gressløk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tarre",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "تره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gandanâ",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "گندنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szczypiorek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cebolinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "arpagic"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "creamh-gàrraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вла́сац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дро̀бња̄к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "шни̏тлах"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "шни̏тлинг"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vlásac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dròbnjāk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "šnȉtlah"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "šnȉtling"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drobnják"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyblišk"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cybulinka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "cebollino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "chives: herb",
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      "sense": "chives: herb",
      "word": "bebül"
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}

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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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    },
    {
      "word": "chire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chive"
}

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    {
      "english": "street seller of cutlery",
      "word": "chive fencer"
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      "english": "makeshift knife",
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    }
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          "ref": "1712, “A Budg and Snudg Song”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 32",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1841, Henry Downes Miles, chapter XXXIX, in Dick Turpin, 4th edition, London: William Mark Clark, published 1845, page 267",
          "text": "None of us know'd then—though the grabbing at Nan Turner's came off that very night—as Polly was the cause o' that 'ere, till it vos blown here at the Gate by some of the coves. Vell, she nammused, as you may guess, but fust poor old Madge Rhodes got a chive in her breather from Black Gil.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1879 October, J[ohn] W[illiam] Horsley, “Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves’ Language”, in Macmillan’s Magazine, volume XL, number 240, London: Macmillan and Co. […], →OCLC, page 503, column 2",
          "text": "On the Boxing Day after I came out I got stabbed in the chest by a pal of mine who had done a schooling. We was out with one another all the day getting drunk, so he took a liberty with me, and I landed him one on the conk (nose), so we had a fight, and he put the chive (knife) into me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1888 February 12, “A Plank-Bed Ballad”, in The Referee, reprinted in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 185",
          "text": "I guyed, but the reeler he gave me hot beef, / And a scuff came about me and hollered; / I pulled out a chive but I soon same to grief, / And with screws and a james I was collared.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A file."
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        "(thieves' cant) A file."
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        "A saw."
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        "(thieves' cant) A saw."
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      "english": "to cut off fetters",
      "word": "chive the darbies"
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      "english": "theft by cutting coach components",
      "word": "chiving lay"
    },
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      "english": "theft by cutting women's pockets",
      "word": "chiving the froe"
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          "ref": "1728, James Dalton, A Genuine Narrative of all the Street Robberies committed since October last, by James Dalton and his Accomplices, page 59",
          "text": "Adieu to Haul-Cly, adieu to stopping Coaches, and adieu to all the hurry-scurry of Foot-Scampering, filing, chiving, milling, and sneaking[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1868 May 30, Cassell's Magazine, page 80",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1879 October 30, Rev. John William Horsley, “Autobiography of a Thief”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 40, page 503",
          "text": "After the place got well where I was chived, me and another screwed a place at Stoke Newington",
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        }
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        "To cut."
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        "(thieves' cant) To cut."
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    {
      "word": "chieve"
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      "word": "chife"
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      "word": "chiv"
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}

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