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scrieve

scrieve verb: to glide or move smoothly.

Verb

scrieve (third-person singular simple present scrieves, present participle scrieving, simple past and past participle scrieved)

  1. (Scotland, dated) To glide or move smoothly.
    • Unlike the monotonous tones of London's streets, the sounds changed every few steps, so that the rattle of pollarded oaks could be followed by the trumpeting of bullfrogs and then the sudden sigh of scrieving swifts.1997, Nicholas Crane, Clear Waters Rising : a mountain walk across Europe, London: Penguin Books

Noun

scrieve (plural scrieves)

  1. The design plan for building a ship.
    • When additional vessels were required, the drawings, patterns and scrieves would all be ready, […]1919, Walter Pollock, Hot Bulb Oil Engines and Suitable Vessels, page 206
    • Orders for two dozen tankers to be produced off the same scrieve […]1958, Duncan Burn, The Structure of British Industry: A Symposium, page 109

Forms of scrieve

Verb
third-person singular presentscrieves
present participlescrieving
past participlescrieved
pastscrieved
Noun
pluralscrieves

Words formed from scrieve

Phrases with scrieve

Questions about scrieve

What does scrieve mean?
Scrieve means to glide or move smoothly.
What part of speech is scrieve?
Scrieve can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of scrieve?
The past tense of scrieve is scrieved.

Words near scrieve in the dictionary

  1. scriddan
  2. scriddans
  3. scrids
  4. scried
  5. scries
  6. scrieve
  7. scrieve board
  8. scrieve boards
  9. scrieve knife
  10. scrieved
  11. scrieves

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