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cheven

/ˈt͡ʃɛvən/

cheven noun: a river fish, the chub.

Noun

cheven (plural chevens)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) A river fish, the chub.

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.

cheven meaning in Tamil

cheven in Tamil

வெள்ளாட்டு இறைச்சி

Forms of cheven

Noun
pluralchevens
Verb
third-person singular presentchevens
present participlechevening
past participlechevened
pastchevened

Origin of cheven

Compare chavender and French chevanne.

Questions about cheven

What does cheven mean?
Cheven means a river fish, the chub.
What is cheven in Tamil?
Cheven in Tamil is வெள்ளாட்டு இறைச்சி. See Cheven meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cheven?
Cheven can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce cheven?
Cheven is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɛvən/.
What is the plural of cheven?
The plural of cheven is chevens.

Words near cheven in the dictionary

  1. chevda
  2. cheve
  3. Cheveley
  4. chevelure
  5. chevelures
  6. cheven
  7. chevened
  8. chevener
  9. cheveners
  10. chevening
  11. Chevenix

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cheven (page history and authors); cheven (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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