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shave
[sheyv]
verb (used without object)
to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
verb (used with object)
to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a razor.
to cut off (hair, especially the beard) close to the skin with a razor (often followed by off oraway ).
to cut or scrape away the surface of with a sharp-edged tool.
to shave hides in preparing leather.
to reduce to shavings or thin slices.
to shave wood.
to cut or trim closely.
to shave a lawn.
to scrape, graze, or come very near to.
The car just shaved the garage door.
Commerce., to purchase (a note) at a rate of discount greater than is legal or customary.
to reduce or deduct from.
The store shaved the price of winter suits in the spring.
noun
the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
a thin slice; a shaving.
any of various tools for shaving, scraping, removing thin slices, etc.
shave
/ ʃeɪv /
verb
(also intr) to remove (the beard, hair, etc) from (the face, head, or body) by scraping the skin with a razor
to cut or trim very closely
to reduce to shavings
to remove thin slices from (wood, etc) with a sharp cutting tool; plane or pare
to touch or graze in passing
informal, to reduce (a price) by a slight amount
commerce to purchase (a commercial paper) at a greater rate of discount than is customary or legal
noun
the act or an instance of shaving
any tool for scraping
a thin slice or shaving
an instance of barely touching something
informal, a narrow escape
Other Word Forms
- shavable adjective
- shaveable adjective
- reshave verb
- unshavable adjective
- unshaveable adjective
- unshaved adjective
- well-shaved adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shave1
Word History and Origins
Origin of shave1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The tweak begins in 2026 and will give tax bills a little shave, explained Garrett Watson, the director of policy analysis at the Tax Foundation.
The only way to fix this hacked-up mess, Carlos said, was to shave it all off.
For now, investors have quickly shaved about $2.3 billion of Ford’s market value.
Analysts estimate that it could shave as much as 0.2 percentage points off US economic growth for each week it lasts.
Prof Ama Johal, a specialist in sleep disorders from Queen Mary University of London, says sleep is vital; without it we are beginning to shave years off our lives.
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