cheve

English

Etymology

From Middle English cheven, from Old French chevir. See chievance.

Verb

cheve (third-person singular simple present cheves, present participle cheving, simple past and past participle cheved)

1. (intransitive, obsolete, dialect) To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed.

   to cheve well in an enterprise

   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book X.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:

     All things went well and chieved prosperously

References

• “cheve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• veche

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French cheveux (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeve/

Noun

cheve

1. hair

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

cheve

1. Alternative form of cyve

Etymology 2

From chef +‎ -e (adjective inflected form suffix).

Adjective

cheve

1. inflection of chef:
   1. weak singular
   2. strong/weak plural

Spanish

Etymology

Apocopic alteration of cerveza (“beer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃebe/ [ˈt͡ʃe.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: che‧ve

Noun

cheve f (plural cheves)

1. (slang, Mexico) beer

   Synonyms: cerveza, (slang) chela

Related terms

• chela