How do you pronounce shives?

The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈaɪvz/.

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shives

/ʃˈaɪvz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

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