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sheaved

sheaved is the simple past and past participle of sheave.

Meaning of sheave

Verb

sheave (third-person singular simple present sheaves, present participle sheaving, simple past and past participle sheaved)

  1. To gather and bind into a sheaf.
    • From him did forty million serfs (...) receive
      Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave
      Their country's harvest.Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Czar Alexander the Second, lines 1-4

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Adjective

sheaved (not comparable)

  1. Made into a sheaf

Questions about sheaved

What does sheaved mean?
Sheaved means made into a sheaf.
What is sheaved the simple past and past participle of?
Sheaved is the simple past and past participle of sheave.
What part of speech is sheaved?
Sheaved is an adjective.

Words near sheaved in the dictionary

  1. sheathtailed bat
  2. sheathtailed bats
  3. sheathy
  4. sheats
  5. sheave
  6. sheaved
  7. sheaveless
  8. sheaves
  9. sheaving
  10. Sheay
  11. Sheb

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