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noun
A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, in-plural
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noun
The spring onion; the green onion; the scallion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Trinidad-and-Tobago, dialectal
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noun
A piece cut off; sliver.
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noun
The filament which supports the anther of a flower; stamen, especially of saffron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A knife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: thieves' cant
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noun
A file.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: thieves' cant
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noun
A saw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: thieves' cant
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verb
To stab.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: thieves' cant
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Synonyms: jab, shiv, chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lancinate, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, shank, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
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verb
To cut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: thieves' cant
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Synonyms: incise, snithe, carve, chive, cut, gash, incide, lacerate, race, share, snead, snick, slash, slive
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noun
perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chives, cive, schnittlaugh, Allium schoenoprasum
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Broader terms: alliaceous plant
History
From Middle English chive~cyve, from Old French chive~cive, from Latin cēpa (“onion”).
From Middle English chive, chyve, variant of chith, chyth, from Old English ċīþ (“shoot, scion, sprout”). Doublet of chit and scion.
From Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).
Across languages
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