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to screeving

to screeving

1 9.9
To draw pictures or words on the pavement with chalk
  • verb
  • UK
: dibujar
  • Children enjoy screeving their names and drawings outside their school with bright chalk.

Examples

  • During the festival, many people were screeving beautiful patterns on the pavement for everyone to see.

  • The children screeved colorful drawings on the sidewalk.

  • The artist spent hours screeving colorful animals on the busy city sidewalk.

  • They are screeving messages of hope on the pavement.

  • The artist spent hours screeving colorful animals on the busy city sidewalk.

  • Children enjoy screeving their names and drawings outside their school with bright chalk.

  • During the festival, many people were screeving beautiful patterns on the pavement for everyone to see.

Synonyms

to scrawl
vsto screeving
24 5.5

To write or draw quickly and carelessly so it is hard to read

is done carefully and for public display on pavements with chalk

Antonyms

to clean
∞ 1.0

To remove dirt and stains

to erase
19 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

How Elaborate

to screeving
  • UK
1 9.9
to doodle
18 3.3
to scribble
52 3.5

Surface Forms

screeving infinitive
screeving present participle
screeves third person singular
screevd past
screevd past participle

Morphology

screeving = screeve (transparent) = screeve + ing

This is a regular -ing form of the verb 'screeve', so the meaning is directly recoverable from the base verb.

Etymology

Screeving is linked to scribe and scribble, which mean 'to write' or 'to draw'. So screeving is the act of 'scribbling' on the pavement with chalk for people to see.