swive /swaɪv/ verb2 •(no longer used) To have sex with (someone).'Tis sure the sauciest prick that e'er did swive — 1674 •(dialect, no longer used) To cut a crop in a sweeping or rambling manner, hence to reap; cut for harvest.The cradled scythes of the Vale of Towey were scarcely known in the Vale of Teivy; and the swiving method of reaping wheat in the latter, was as little known in the former ... — 1815 formsswived · swove · swiven · swiving · swives