shave
- shave
- [[t]ʃe͟ɪv[/t]]
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.
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.
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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
