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Synonyms for shiva

  • noun

Most common

shove boon shave shank chive

All synonyms

Noun

1. Boon — A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching

boon, shove

Other

shank, shave, show, knife crime UK, chive, stab, jab

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching

Related words

Other spellings
shibah shiv shiv'ah shivah shive

Forms

Plural
shivas → boons, shoves, shanks, shaves…

Example sentences

  • shove The granny gave me a shove and dashed to the door.
  • boon The talented comedian Danny Boon is a Kabyle.
  • shave If you shave your hair, it will grow back thicker.
  • shank If the car breaks down, I’ll have to go by shank’s mare.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
shivarising
shoverising
boonsteady
shaverising
shankfalling
chiverising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
jab1
4 letters
show1, stab1, boon1
5 letters
shave1, shove1, shank1, chive