shave

shave
[[t]ʃe͟ɪv[/t]]
shaves, shaving, shaved
1) VERB When a man shaves, he removes the hair from his face using a razor or shaver so that his face is smooth.

He took a bath and shaved before dinner...

[V n] He had shaved his face until it was smooth...

[V n with off] It's a pity you shaved your moustache off.

Derived words:
shaving N-UNCOUNT

...a range of shaving products.

N-COUNT
Shave is also a noun.

He never seemed to need a shave.

2) VERB If someone shaves a part of their body, they remove the hair from it so that it is smooth.

[V n] Many women shave their legs...

[V n with off] If you have long curly hair, don't shave it off.

3) VERB If you shave someone, you remove the hair from their face or another part of their body so that it is smooth.

[V n] The doctors shaved his head...

[V n] She had to call a barber to shave him.

4) VERB If you shave off part of a piece of wood or other material, you cut very thin pieces from it.

[V n with off] I set the log on the ground and shaved off the bark...

[V n off n] She was shaving thin slices off a courgette.

5) VERB If you shave a small amount off something such as a record, cost, or price, you reduce it by that amount.

[V n off/from n] She's already shaved four seconds off the national record for the mile...

[V n] Supermarket chains have shaved prices.

6) See also shaving
7) PHRASE: N inflects If you describe a situation as a close shave, you mean that there was nearly an accident or a disaster but it was avoided.

I can't quite believe the close shaves I've had just recently.


English dictionary. 2008.

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Synonyms:
(close to the surface) / (as by cutting off hair closely), / , / , , , , (by extortion) / , , (in passing over)


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  • Shave — Shave, v. t. [imp. {Shaved} (sh[=a]vd);p. p. {Shaved} or {Shaven} (sh[=a]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaving}.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shave — Shave, n. [AS. scafa, sceafa, a sort of knife. See {Shave}, v. t.] 1. A thin slice; a shaving. Wright. [1913 Webster] 2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving. [1913 Webster] 3. (a) An exorbitant discount on a note. [Cant, U.S.] (b) A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shave — [shāv] vt. shaved, shaved or shaven, shaving [ME schaven < OE sceafan, akin to Ger schaben < IE base * (s)kab , to cut > L scabere, to shave] 1. to cut or scrape away a thin slice or slices from [to shave the edge of a door] 2. to cut or …   English World dictionary

  • Shave — (sh[=a]v), obs. p. p. of {Shave}. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shave — may refer fo: * to shave refers to the act of shaving * Shave, a song by Enon from their 2003 album Hocus Pocus …   Wikipedia

  • Shave — Shave, v. i. To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shave — index decrease, minimize Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • shave — vb *brush, graze, glance, skim Analogous words: touch, contact (see corresponding nouns at CONTACT): *escape, avoid …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • shave — The verb has a past form and past participle shaved, but the adjectival form is normally shaven, as in clean shaven …   Modern English usage

  • shave — [v] cut outer covering off barber, brush, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, graze, kiss, make bare, pare, peel, plane, prune, shear, shingle, shred, skim, skin, slash, slice thin, sliver, strip, touch, trim; concepts… …   New thesaurus

  • shave — ► VERB 1) cut the hair off one s face with a razor. 2) cut the hair off (part of the body) with a razor. 3) cut (a thin slice or slices) off something. 4) reduce by a small amount. 5) pass or send something very close to. ► NOUN 1) …   English terms dictionary

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