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Webster 1913 Edition


Chive

Chive

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A filament of a stamen.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Chive

CHIVE

, N. A SPECIES OF SMALL ONION.

Definition 2024


chive

chive

See also: chivé

English

Chive (left) and onion (right)

Noun

chive (plural chives)

  1. A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
  2. (in plural chives) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

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References

  • “chive” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Spanish

Verb

chive

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of chivar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chivar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of chivar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of chivar.